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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: | Carex aquatilis, Carex aurea, Carex mackenziei, Carex parryana, Carex viridula ssp. viridula, Eleocharis quinqueflora, Muhlenbergia glomerata, Parnassia palustris, Triglochin maritima, Triglochin palustris | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 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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| Blysmus rufus 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, caespitose, commonly growing in a straight row, terete, 1 – 2 mm wide, leafy belo | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 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, distichous | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Bracts: | 1 – several, small, inconspicuous to overtopping spike, foliaceous | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Spikelets: | scales 2 – 5, each subtending flower, dark brown | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Flowers: | bisexual; perianth bristles 0 or 3 – 5, very short, barbed, deciduous; stamens 3; stigma bifid | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Fruits: | drupe, 3.5-4.5 mm long, red, viscid-pubescent; seed 3-3.5 mm long, yellowish, smooth | ||||||||||||||||||||
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