Index / Search / Schoenoplectus americanus
§1 Plant — species · Cyperaceae
Schoenoplectus americanus (Pers.) Volkart ex Schinz & R. Keller
vernacular chairmaker's bulrush
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Cyperaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Schoenoplectus
Native status, by region
- AK Alaska Native
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
- PR Puerto Rico Native
- VI U.S. Virgin Islands Native
§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Montana distribution
Recorded in 22 of 56 Montana counties.
- Big Horn 30003
- Blaine 30005
- Chouteau 30015
- Custer 30017
- Dawson 30021
- Fallon 30025
- Gallatin 30031
- Garfield 30033
- Judith Basin 30045
- Lake 30047
- McCone 30055
- Musselshell 30065
- Petroleum 30069
- Phillips 30071
- Powder River 30075
- Prairie 30079
- Richland 30083
- Sheridan 30091
- Teton 30099
- Treasure 30103
- Valley 30105
- Yellowstone 30111
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/SCAM6 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2711092 ↗Record version
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