[Bulrushes of the Columbia River Gorge]

Common Bulrush, Common Threesquare, Three-square Bulrush

Schoenoplectus americanus

Synonyms: Schoenoplectus pungens, Scirpus americanus, Scirpus chilensis, Scirpus olneyi, Scirpus pungens

Common Bulrush, Common Threesquare, Three-square Bulrush: Schoenoplectus americanus (Synonyms: Schoenoplectus pungens, Scirpus americanus, Scirpus chilensis, Scirpus olneyi, Scirpus pungens)

A view of the habitat of common bulrush as seen in a permanent pond at the Friends of the Gorge's Dancing Rock property above Horsethief Butte in the eastern Columbia River Gorge.........................July 17, 2009.


Inflorescence of Common Bulrush, Common Threesquare, Three-square Bulrush: Schoenoplectus americanus (Synonyms: Schoenoplectus pungens, Scirpus americanus, Scirpus chilensis, Scirpus olneyi, Scirpus pungens) -- Involucral bract of Common Bulrush, Common Threesquare, Three-square Bulrush: Schoenoplectus americanus (Synonyms: Schoenoplectus pungens, Scirpus americanus, Scirpus chilensis, Scirpus olneyi, Scirpus pungens)

Close-ups of the inflorescence and single lateral bract of common bulrush as seen in a permanent pond at the Friends of the Gorge's Dancing Rock property above Horsethief Butte in the eastern Columbia River Gorge.........................July 17, 2009. The bract is three-cornered and grooved inwards along the face that faces the inflorescence.

Paul Slichter