BC Conservation Data Centre: Species Summary
Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani
soft-stemmed bulrush
| Scientific Name: | Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani (K. C. Gmelin) Palla | ||||||||||
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| English Name: | soft-stemmed bulrush | ||||||||||
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| Scientific Name - Concept Reference: | Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR. | ||||||||||
| Classification Level: | Species | ||||||||||
| Species Group: | Vascular Plant | ||||||||||
| Species Code: | SCHOTAB | ||||||||||
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| Global Status: | G5 (Jun 2025) | ||||||||||
| Provincial Status: | S5 (Apr 2019) | ||||||||||
| BC List: | Yellow | ||||||||||
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| General Status Canada: | 4 - Secure (2010) | ||||||||||
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| Global Habitat Comments: | Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani grows in "fresh to brackish marshes, fens, bogs, lakes, stream banks and bars, pioneering in disturbed places, often emergent in water to 1 m [deep]" (FNA 2002). | ||||||||||
| Provincial Phenology: (1st half of month/ 2nd half of month) |
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| Endemic: | N | ||||||||||
| Global Range Comment: | Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani is a cosmopolitan species found on every continent, including all of North America north of Mexico, except Arctic regions (FNA 2002). Range extent was estimated using herbarium specimens and photo-based observations documented between 1994 and 2025 (GBIF 2025, iNaturalist 2025, RARECAT 2025, SEINet 2025). | ||||||||||
| Disjunct, more common elsewhere: | |||||||||||
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| Global Information Author: | Johnson, J. (2025) | ||||||||||
| Last Updated: | Jun 27, 2025 | ||||||||||
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| References and Related Literature | |||||||||||
Flora of North America Editorial Committee (FNA). 2002b. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Vol. 23. Magnoliophyta: Commelinidae (in part): Cyperaceae. Oxford Univ. Press, New York. xxiv + 608 pp. |
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Suggested Citation:
B.C. Conservation Data Centre. 2025. Species Summary: Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani. B.C. Minist. of Environment. Available: https://a100.gov.bc.ca/pub/eswp/ (accessed Jul 3, 2026).