Index / Search / Scirpus pallidus
§1 Plant
Scirpus pallidus (Britton) Fernald
vernacular cloaked bulrush — species · Cyperaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Cyperaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Scirpus
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 256 counties across 21 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Low
- Shade
- High
- Moisture use
- Medium
- Fire
- High
- Salinity
- None
- Anaerobic
- High
- CaCO₃
- Low
- Hedging
- None
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -38 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 80 min.
- Precipitation
- 16–28 in/yr
- pH range
- 5.3–7.2
- Root depth
- 10 in min.
- Fertility need
- Low
- Soil texture
- coarse, medium, fine
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Rhizomatous
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Lifespan
- Long
- Mature height
- 5 ft
- Foliage texture
- Medium
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Moderate
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Flower colour
- Red
- Fruit colour
- White
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Late Spring
- Seed abundance
- Low
- Seed begins
- Summer
- Seed ends
- Summer
- Spread rate
- Slow
- Stratify
- Yes
- Propagation
- seed, bare root, container, sprigs
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- Routinely Available
- Nursery stock
- No
- Browse palatability
- Low
- Graze palatability
- Low
- Palatable, human
- No
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 256 counties across 21 states/territories.
Arizona view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Colorado view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Idaho view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 37 N ▾
- Atchison 20005
- Barber 20007
- Barton 20009
- Brown 20013
- Chase 20017
- Chautauqua 20019
- Clay 20027
- Decatur 20039
- Doniphan 20043
- Ellis 20051
- Ellsworth 20053
- Graham 20065
- Jackson 20085
- Jewell 20089
- Lincoln 20105
- Lyon 20111
- Marshall 20117
- McPherson 20113
- Mitchell 20123
- Montgomery 20125
- Morris 20127
- Nemaha 20131
- Osborne 20141
- Phillips 20147
- Pottawatomie 20149
- Rawlins 20153
- Reno 20155
- Republic 20157
- Saline 20169
- Scott 20171
- Sedgwick 20173
- Shawnee 20177
- Sheridan 20179
- Sherman 20181
- Stafford 20185
- Wabaunsee 20197
- Washington 20201
Minnesota view state ↗ 25 N ▾
- Aitkin 27001
- Becker 27005
- Beltrami 27007
- Brown 27015
- Carlton 27017
- Cass 27021
- Clay 27027
- Douglas 27041
- Grant 27051
- Jackson 27063
- Kandiyohi 27067
- Kittson 27069
- Lac qui Parle 27073
- Lincoln 27081
- Lyon 27083
- Marshall 27089
- Martin 27091
- Nobles 27105
- Norman 27107
- Otter Tail 27111
- Pipestone 27117
- Polk 27119
- Pope 27121
- Rock 27133
- Wilkin 27167
Missouri view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Montana view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Nebraska view state ↗ 55 N ▾
- Adams 31001
- Antelope 31003
- Banner 31007
- Blaine 31009
- Boyd 31015
- Brown 31017
- Buffalo 31019
- Burt 31021
- Cedar 31027
- Chase 31029
- Cherry 31031
- Clay 31035
- Colfax 31037
- Cuming 31039
- Custer 31041
- Dawes 31045
- Dixon 31051
- Dodge 31053
- Douglas 31055
- Dundy 31057
- Franklin 31061
- Frontier 31063
- Garden 31069
- Garfield 31071
- Greeley 31077
- Hayes 31085
- Hitchcock 31087
- Holt 31089
- Hooker 31091
- Howard 31093
- Jefferson 31095
- Keith 31101
- Keya Paha 31103
- Lancaster 31109
- Lincoln 31111
- Logan 31113
- Loup 31115
- Madison 31119
- Nemaha 31127
- Otoe 31131
- Pawnee 31133
- Red Willow 31145
- Richardson 31147
- Saunders 31155
- Scotts Bluff 31157
- Seward 31159
- Sheridan 31161
- Sherman 31163
- Sioux 31165
- Thayer 31169
- Thomas 31171
- Valley 31175
- Washington 31177
- Webster 31181
- Wheeler 31183
New Mexico view state ↗ 6 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 1 N ▾
North Dakota view state ↗ 36 N ▾
- Barnes 38003
- Benson 38005
- Billings 38007
- Bottineau 38009
- Burke 38013
- Burleigh 38015
- Cass 38017
- Cavalier 38019
- Dickey 38021
- Divide 38023
- Dunn 38025
- Eddy 38027
- Grand Forks 38035
- Grant 38037
- Griggs 38039
- Hettinger 38041
- Kidder 38043
- LaMoure 38045
- McHenry 38049
- McIntosh 38051
- Mercer 38057
- Morton 38059
- Mountrail 38061
- Nelson 38063
- Oliver 38065
- Pembina 38067
- Ramsey 38071
- Ransom 38073
- Richland 38077
- Sargent 38081
- Sioux 38085
- Stark 38089
- Stutsman 38093
- Traill 38097
- Walsh 38099
- Ward 38101
Oklahoma view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 2 N ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 29 N ▾
- Beadle 46005
- Bon Homme 46009
- Brookings 46011
- Charles Mix 46023
- Clay 46027
- Codington 46029
- Custer 46033
- Day 46037
- Fall River 46047
- Grant 46051
- Gregory 46053
- Harding 46063
- Hyde 46069
- Kingsbury 46077
- Lake 46079
- Lincoln 46083
- Marshall 46091
- McCook 46087
- Meade 46093
- Minnehaha 46099
- Pennington 46103
- Perkins 46105
- Roberts 46109
- Sully 46119
- Todd 46121
- Tripp 46123
- Turner 46125
- Union 46127
- Yankton 46135
Texas view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Washington view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 2 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/SCPA8 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2720150 ↗Record version
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