Scientific Name:	Scirpus microcarpus
Pronunciation:	SIR-pus mye-kroe-KAR-pus
Common Name:	small-flowered bulrush, wood club rush
Family Name:	Cyperaceae
Plant Type:	Herbaceous perennial, Poales (grass-like)
Key ID Features:	Flowering stem solid and triangular in cross-section; leaves grass-like; inflorescence umbel-like panicle forming brown clusters of achenes.
Course(s):	HORT 2355

Habit: Spreading, Stiffly upright, Upright Form: Oval - vertical Texture: Medium Mature Size: Height: 1.3 - 2.0m Spread: 0.6 - 1.0m Growth Rate: Fast Origin: B.C. west of Cascades, Europe Hardiness Rating: Zone 6: (-23 to -18 C) Exposure: Filtered shade, Full sun, Part sun/part shade Soil/ Growing Medium: Bog Water Use: High Landscape Uses: Aquatic - ponds, Native planting, Spring interest, Waterside planting, Wetland - bogs, Wildlife food Additional Info: Google Grass-like but is actually in the sedge family. Very similar to S. sylvaticus

Leaf Morphology: Glossary Form: Grass-like, Simple Arrangement: Alternate, Basal Texture/ Venation: Parallel venation Surfaces: Colour in Summer: Green, Dark-green Colour in Fall: Green Leaf(let) Terms: Shapes: Linear Apices: Acute Bases: Sheathing Margins: Serrulate Additional Info: with a membraneous ligule

Inflorescence Type: Floriferous, Panicle Flower Morphology: Flowers perfect Number of Petals: 0 Ovary Position: Superior Colour (petals): Showy, White, Green Flower Scent: None Flower Time at Peak: May Additional Info: panicle umbrella like

Fruit Type: Achene Fruit Colour: Green, Black Fruiting Time: Aug, Sep Additional Info: Not showy

Bark or Stem Colour:     Organ Modifications: Rhizomes

Propagation:	Seed, Division - below ground parts

Location(s): (TKC) TamaracK Courtyard Location Map

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