Index / Search / Bolboschoenus fluviatilis
§1 Plant
Bolboschoenus fluviatilis (Torr.) Soják
vernacular river bulrush — species · Cyperaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Cyperaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Bolboschoenus
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 458 counties across 32 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Low
- Shade
- High
- Moisture use
- Medium
- Fire
- Medium
- Salinity
- None
- Anaerobic
- High
- CaCO₃
- High
- Hedging
- None
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -38 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 110 min.
- Precipitation
- 18–60 in/yr
- pH range
- 4–7.5
- Root depth
- 16 in min.
- Fertility need
- Medium
- Soil texture
- medium, fine
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Rhizomatous
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Lifespan
- Long
- Mature height
- 6.6 ft
- Foliage texture
- Coarse
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Moderate
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Flower colour
- Brown
- Fruit colour
- Brown
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Mid Summer
- Seed abundance
- Medium
- Seed begins
- Spring
- Seed ends
- Fall
- Spread rate
- Slow
- Stratify
- No
- Propagation
- seed, sprigs
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- Routinely Available
- Nursery stock
- No
- Graze palatability
- Medium
- Palatable, human
- No
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 458 counties across 32 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 1 N ▾
California view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Colorado view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 2 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Idaho view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 50 N ▾
- Boone 17007
- Brown 17009
- Bureau 17011
- Calhoun 17013
- Cass 17017
- Champaign 17019
- Cook 17031
- Crawford 17033
- DeKalb 17037
- Douglas 17041
- DuPage 17043
- Fulton 17057
- Greene 17061
- Grundy 17063
- Henderson 17071
- Henry 17073
- Iroquois 17075
- Jersey 17083
- Kane 17089
- Kankakee 17091
- Kendall 17093
- Knox 17095
- Lake 17097
- LaSalle 17099
- Lawrence 17101
- Lee 17103
- Macon 17115
- Mason 17125
- McHenry 17111
- Menard 17129
- Monroe 17133
- Montgomery 17135
- Morgan 17137
- Peoria 17143
- Perry 17145
- Piatt 17147
- Pike 17149
- Putnam 17155
- Randolph 17157
- Rock Island 17161
- Schuyler 17169
- Scott 17171
- St. Clair 17163
- Stark 17175
- Stephenson 17177
- Tazewell 17179
- Wayne 17191
- Will 17197
- Winnebago 17201
- Woodford 17203
Indiana view state ↗ 18 N ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Maine view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 21 N ▾
- Bay 26017
- Berrien 26021
- Cheboygan 26031
- Chippewa 26033
- Clinton 26037
- Gogebic 26053
- Gratiot 26057
- Jackson 26075
- Kalamazoo 26077
- Kent 26081
- Lenawee 26091
- Livingston 26093
- Mason 26105
- Monroe 26115
- Ottawa 26139
- Shiawassee 26155
- St. Clair 26147
- St. Joseph 26149
- Van Buren 26159
- Washtenaw 26161
- Wayne 26163
Minnesota view state ↗ 49 N ▾
- Anoka 27003
- Big Stone 27011
- Blue Earth 27013
- Brown 27015
- Carver 27019
- Cass 27021
- Chisago 27025
- Clay 27027
- Clearwater 27029
- Dakota 27037
- Douglas 27041
- Faribault 27043
- Freeborn 27047
- Hennepin 27053
- Houston 27055
- Itasca 27061
- Jackson 27063
- Kittson 27069
- Koochiching 27071
- Lac qui Parle 27073
- Lake 27075
- Le Sueur 27079
- Lincoln 27081
- Lyon 27083
- Mahnomen 27087
- Martin 27091
- McLeod 27085
- Meeker 27093
- Nicollet 27103
- Nobles 27105
- Otter Tail 27111
- Pine 27115
- Pipestone 27117
- Polk 27119
- Pope 27121
- Ramsey 27123
- Redwood 27127
- Renville 27129
- Rice 27131
- Sherburne 27141
- St. Louis 27137
- Stearns 27145
- Traverse 27155
- Wabasha 27157
- Waseca 27161
- Washington 27163
- Winona 27169
- Wright 27171
- Yellow Medicine 27173
Missouri view state ↗ 35 N ▾
- Adair 29001
- Bates 29013
- Boone 29019
- Buchanan 29021
- Callaway 29027
- Cass 29037
- Chariton 29041
- Clark 29045
- Clay 29047
- Cooper 29053
- Henry 29083
- Holt 29087
- Jackson 29095
- Johnson 29101
- Lafayette 29107
- Lewis 29111
- Linn 29115
- Livingston 29117
- Macon 29121
- Mercer 29129
- Mississippi 29133
- Monroe 29137
- Montgomery 29139
- Oregon 29149
- Perry 29157
- Pike 29163
- Platte 29165
- Randolph 29175
- Saline 29195
- St. Charles 29183
- St. Clair 29185
- St. Louis 29189
- Ste. Genevieve 29186
- Texas 29215
- Vernon 29217
Montana view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Nebraska view state ↗ 29 N ▾
- Arthur 31005
- Cass 31025
- Cedar 31027
- Cherry 31031
- Clay 31035
- Cuming 31039
- Dawes 31045
- Dodge 31053
- Douglas 31055
- Garden 31069
- Grant 31075
- Hall 31079
- Holt 31089
- Hooker 31091
- Kearney 31099
- Lancaster 31109
- Lincoln 31111
- Logan 31113
- Merrick 31121
- Otoe 31131
- Richardson 31147
- Sarpy 31153
- Seward 31159
- Sheridan 31161
- Stanton 31167
- Thayer 31169
- Washington 31177
- Webster 31181
- Wheeler 31183
New Jersey view state ↗ 11 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 28 N ▾
- Albany 36001
- Bronx 36005
- Chautauqua 36013
- Columbia 36021
- Dutchess 36027
- Erie 36029
- Essex 36031
- Greene 36039
- Jefferson 36045
- Monroe 36055
- New York 36061
- Oneida 36065
- Onondaga 36067
- Orleans 36073
- Oswego 36075
- Otsego 36077
- Putnam 36079
- Rockland 36087
- Saratoga 36091
- Schenectady 36093
- Schuyler 36097
- Seneca 36099
- St. Lawrence 36089
- Suffolk 36103
- Tompkins 36109
- Washington 36115
- Wayne 36117
- Westchester 36119
North Dakota view state ↗ 33 N ▾
- Barnes 38003
- Benson 38005
- Burke 38013
- Burleigh 38015
- Cass 38017
- Dickey 38021
- Dunn 38025
- Emmons 38029
- Foster 38031
- Golden Valley 38033
- Grant 38037
- Griggs 38039
- LaMoure 38045
- Logan 38047
- McHenry 38049
- McIntosh 38051
- McLean 38055
- Mercer 38057
- Morton 38059
- Mountrail 38061
- Oliver 38065
- Ransom 38073
- Renville 38075
- Richland 38077
- Rolette 38079
- Sargent 38081
- Slope 38087
- Steele 38091
- Stutsman 38093
- Towner 38095
- Traill 38097
- Ward 38101
- Williams 38105
Ohio view state ↗ 20 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 10 N ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 24 N ▾
- Aurora 46003
- Beadle 46005
- Brookings 46011
- Brown 46013
- Charles Mix 46023
- Clark 46025
- Clay 46027
- Codington 46029
- Deuel 46039
- Faulk 46049
- Gregory 46053
- Jones 46075
- Kingsbury 46077
- Lincoln 46083
- Marshall 46091
- McPherson 46089
- Minnehaha 46099
- Spink 46115
- Todd 46121
- Tripp 46123
- Turner 46125
- Union 46127
- Walworth 46129
- Yankton 46135
Tennessee view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Utah view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Washington view state ↗ 6 N ▾
West Virginia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 39 N ▾
- Barron 55005
- Bayfield 55007
- Brown 55009
- Buffalo 55011
- Burnett 55013
- Chippewa 55017
- Columbia 55021
- Crawford 55023
- Dane 55025
- Dodge 55027
- Dunn 55033
- Fond du Lac 55039
- Grant 55043
- Green Lake 55047
- Jefferson 55055
- Kenosha 55059
- La Crosse 55063
- Lafayette 55065
- Manitowoc 55071
- Marquette 55077
- Milwaukee 55079
- Oconto 55083
- Outagamie 55087
- Pepin 55091
- Pierce 55093
- Polk 55095
- Racine 55101
- Richland 55103
- Rock 55105
- Sauk 55111
- Sawyer 55113
- St. Croix 55109
- Trempealeau 55121
- Vernon 55123
- Walworth 55127
- Washburn 55129
- Waukesha 55133
- Waupaca 55135
- Winnebago 55139
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/BOFL3 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/7953794 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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