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| Blysmus rufus (Huds.) Link | Species Image Gallery (opens in a new window) |
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| TAXONOMY | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Family: | Cyperaceae | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Genus: | Blysmus | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Species Synonyms: | Scirpus rufus (Huds.) Schrad. Scirpus rufus var. neogaeus Fern. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Common Names: | red bulrush red club-rush |
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| DISTRIBUTION | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Canada: | Mackenzie District, northeastern Alberta – central Saskatchewan – Manitoba, James Bay, eastern Quebec – Newfoundland – Nova Scotia | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Saskatchewan: | central Saskatchewan; Saskatoon – Nitenai River Salt Marsh | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Ecoregion: | Moist Mixed Grassland, Mid-Boreal Lowland | ||||||||||||||||||||
| HABITAT | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Saskatchewan: | saline marshes and bogs | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Associated Species: | bristly muhly, few-flowered spikerush, golden sedge, grass of Parnassus, green sedge, Mackenzie’s sedge, marsh arrowgrass, Parry’s sedge, seaside arrowgrass, water sedge | ||||||||||||||||||||
| RARITY STATUS | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Provincial
Status According to Harms (2003): |
Threatened |
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| Nature Conservancy Status: | G5 S2 |
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| Saskatchewan
Species at Risk Status: |
None |
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| COSEWIC Status: | None |
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| Red bulrush is threatened because it is rare or uncommon in Saskatchewan. This species occurs in a relatively wide range in central Saskatchewan, but population sizes are variable. No immediate threats to this species are known at the present time.. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| SPECIES DESCRIPTION | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Height: | 10 – 40 cm | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Roots: | rhizome creeping, freely branched, scales reddish-brown; roots fibrous | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Stems: | perennial, tufted, commonly growing in a straight row, round in cross section, 1 – 2 mm wide, leafy below | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Leaves: | basal, 15 – 40 cm, almost as tall as stem, 1 – 2 mm wide, flat, stiff; ligules present | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Inflorescence: | spike solitary, 1 – 2 cm long, with 2 rows of flowers, flattened, spreading | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Bracts: | 1 – several, small, inconspicuous to overtopping spike, leaf-like | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Spikelets: | scales 2 – 5, each subtending flower, dark brown | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Flowers: | bisexual; perianth bristles 0 or 3 – 5, very short, barbed, deciduous; stamens 3; stigma 2-lobed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Fruits: | convex on one or both sides, long-beaked, stalked | ||||||||||||||||||||
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