Common Tule, Hardstem Bulrush, Tule
Schoenoplectus acutus var. occidentalis
Synonyms: Schoenoplectus acutus var. acutus, Schoenoplectus rubiginosus, Scirpus acutus var. acutus, Scirpus acutus var. occidentalis, Scirpus rubiginosus
![Common Tule, Hardstem Bulrush, Viscous Bulrush: Schoenoplectus acutus (Synonyms: Scirpus acutus, Schoenoplectus acutus var. acutus, Schoenoplectus acutus var. occidentalis, Scirpus acutus var. occidentalis, Scirpus lacustris var. occidentalis, Scirpus ×rubiginosus)](scirpus1a.jpg)
The photo above shows hardstem bulrush as seen at ponds
along the Glenwood -Goldendale Highway just west of its junction with the Klickitat
Fish Hatchery Road.........July 9, 2006.
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Close-ups of
portions of the inflorescence of common tule.
![Common Tule, Hardstem Bulrush, Viscous Bulrush: Schoenoplectus acutus (Synonyms: Scirpus acutus, Schoenoplectus acutus var. acutus, Schoenoplectus acutus var. occidentalis, Scirpus acutus var. occidentalis, Scirpus lacustris var. occidentalis, Scirpus ×rubiginosus)](acutus/acutus2b.jpg)
The photo above shows hardstem bulrush as seen in a canal within Conboy Lake NWR near Lakeside Road.........July 16, 2008.
![Inflorescence of Common Tule, Hardstem Bulrush, Viscous Bulrush: Schoenoplectus acutus (Synonyms: Scirpus acutus, Schoenoplectus acutus var. acutus, Schoenoplectus acutus var. occidentalis, Scirpus acutus var. occidentalis, Scirpus lacustris var. occidentalis, Scirpus ×rubiginosus)](acutus/acutus2a.jpg)
The photo above shows a close-up of the inflorescence of hardstem bulrush as seen in a canal within Conboy Lake NWR near Lakeside Road..........July 16, 2008.
Paul Slichter