Scirpus sylvaticus

Scirpus sylvaticus, the wood clubrush, is a species of flowering plant in the sedge family.

Scirpus sylvaticus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Cyperaceae
Genus:	Scirpus
Species:	S. sylvaticus
Binomial name
Scirpus sylvaticus L.
Synonyms
Cyperus sylvaticus (L.) Missbach & E.H.L.Krause Nemocharis sylvatica (L.) Beurl. Schoenus sylvaticus (L.) Bernh. Scirpus gramineus Neck. Scirpus latifolius Gilib., nom. inval. Seidlia jechlii Opiz, nom. inval. Seidlia sylvatica (L.) Opiz Taphrogiton sylvaticum (L.) Montandon

Scirpus sylvaticus can reach 1 m, and has triangular stems.

S. sylvaticus widespread in Eurasia, is very common in the European part of Russia and in Southern Siberia. It is most often a coastal species, occurring in wet habitat such as marshes in brackish and saltwater, along swamps, along the banks of water bodies, in marshy forests and in wet meadows. It is a perennial herb growing from a rhizome system with associated tubers.

This plant is an important food source for waterfowl. The seeds are food for birds and other animals, such as muskrats.

External links

• Verspreiding in Nederland FLORON
• Foto's
• "Scirpus sylvaticus". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
• Scirpus sylvaticus at the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
• "Scirpus sylvaticus". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).