[Bulrushes and Tules: The Genera Schoenoplectus and Scripus in Mt. Adams Country]

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)

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.

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) - 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) - 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)

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)

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)

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