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§1 Plant — species · Cyperaceae

Schoenoplectus americanus (Pers.) Volkart ex Schinz & R. Keller

vernacular chairmaker's bulrush


USDA
SCAM6
GBIF
2711092
Rank
species
chairmaker's bulrush (Schoenoplectus americanus)
Platephotograph · Prairie GuyCC BY-NC source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Graminoid
Duration
Perennial
Group
Monocot
Family
Cyperaceae Juss.
Genus
Schoenoplectus
§2a

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.


§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

Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:

usda-plants-mt-2026-05-25

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