Schoenoplectus californicus (C.A. Meyer) Soják. Common name: Giant Bulrush, Southern Bulrush, Tule, California Bulrush. Phenology: Jul-Oct. Habitat: Marshes. Distribution: SC south to s. FL, west to TX, and extending s. into the New World tropics; on the west coast, from CA southward.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, ETx1, FNA23, Il, K4, Mex, NcTx, NS, POWO, Tx, WH3; = n/a — C, RAB; = Scirpus californicus (C.A.Mey.) Steud. — GW1, S, S13; Elytrospermum californicum C.A. Meyer. Basionym: Elytrospermum californicum C.A.Mey. 1831
Links to other floras: = Schoenoplectus californicus - FNA23
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: OBL
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: OBL
- Great Plains: OBL
- Midwest: OBL
Heliophily ⓘ: 9
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