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Schoenoplectus pungens Common Threesquare


Native To: New York City Wetland Indicator: FACW+ Soil: pH 3.7-7.5


Form/Color Erect triangular stem; spikelet of sharp Stormwater Potentially tolerant of stormwater.
brown scales; blooms brown June- Tolerance:
September; produces brown achene fruit.


Urban Used in bioretention cells,


Tolerance: raingardens, vegetated swales.


Habitat: Wet sandy, gravelly, peaty shores; pond,


lake, river marshy streams; fresh to
brackish water; inland marshes. Ecosystem Waterfowl and small mammals.
Services:


Hydrology: Found in wetlands. Low drought tolerance.


Ornamental Rhizomatous bulrush with trigonous blue-
Value: green stems. Spiklets sessile to the stem Compatibility: Can form colonies.


and radiating, turning a dark brown.


Salt Tolerant of salt.
Tolerance: Other:


Shade Intolerant of shade.


Tolerance:


Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani Softstem Bulrush


Native To: New York City Wetland Indicator: OBL Soil: pH 5.4-7.4


Form/Color Rhizomatous; to 9'; red flower blooms in Stormwater Insufficient information to determine
late Spring. Tolerance: tolerance.


Urban Insufficient information to determine
Tolerance: tolerance.


Habitat: Salt marshes and flats, river or stream
floodplains, edges of wetlands.
Ecosystem Seeds eaten by waterfowl.


Services:


Hydrology: Intolerant of drought; high moisture


usage.


Ornamental Tall bulrush reaching up to 9 feet tall.
Value: Smooth rounded green-blue stems have Compatibility:


a terminal spreading inflorescence that


turns reddish- brown.


Salt Low tolerance of salt.
Tolerance: Other: Found throughout North America.


Stems have relatively large air
Shade Intolerant of shade. cavities, which make it compress
Tolerance: easily when squeezed.

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