Schoenoplectus lacustris (L.) Palla
(Common Club-rush)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesSchoenoplectus lacustris (Common Club-rush)
GenusSchoenoplectus (club-rushes)
FamilyCYPERACEAE (cotton-grasses, spike-rushes and sedges)
OrderPOALES (grasses, sedges & rushes)
ClassMAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
PhylumTRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Schoenoplectus lacustris (Common Club-rush) :
1: Schoenoplectus lacustris (Common Club-rush)
17 Jun 2015 OSGR: TQ01 50° 50’ N, 0° 30’ W Vice County: West Sussex (VC 13) England
Image 1: Inflorescence - white backgroundImage 2: Inflorescence - white background (2)Image 3: Plants growing beside waterwayImage 4: Plants growing beside waterway (2)Image 5: Plants growing beside waterway (3)Image 6: Plants growing beside waterway (4)Image 7: Plants growing beside waterway (5)Image 8: Floret - revealed by peeling back several glumes - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Floret - revealed by peeling back several glumes - magnified - silver background (2)Image 10: Florets - revealed by peeling back several glumes - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Glumes and floret - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 12: Inflorescence base - enlarged - white backgroundImage 13: Inflorescence base - side view - enlarged - white backgroundImage 14: Spikelet - enlarged - white backgroundImage 15: Spikelet - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 16: Stem TS - enlarged - white backgroundImage 17: Terminal spikelets - enlarged - white background
2: Schoenoplectus lacustris (Common Club-rush)
28 Sep 2014 OSGR: SY88 50° 40’ N, 2° 20’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
in brook
Image 1: Growing in streamImage 2: Growing in stream (2)Image 3: Growing in stream (3)Image 4: Growing in stream (4)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Anon. Schoenoplectus lacustris / S. tabernaemontani Yeo, P.F. Acaena, taxa with spherical heads, Plant Crib 2012

Schoenoplectus lacustris (Common Club-rush) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Schoenoplectus lacustris (Common Club-rush)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 33 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Schoenoplectus lacustris (Common Club-rush)
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