Species: Trichophorum caespitosum
Encyclopedia of Puget Sound
Tufted Club-rush is a perennial, grass-like plant with tufted, stems that are 1-4 dm tall and arising from short rhizomes. The leaves are clustered near the base and are reduced to scales or short blades. Several flowers are spirally arranged in a single, short, spike-like, terminal cluster, or spikelet, that is 4-6 mm long and subtended by a long-tipped scale. Each flower consists of a single scale subtending 3 stamens and an ovary with 6 white bristles that are as long as the scales and arising from the base. The 3-sided achene is ca. 1.5 mm long.
Source: Encyclopedia of Life
Classification
Monocotyledoneae
Cyperales
Cyperaceae
Trichophorum
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Classification
Ecology and Life History
Tufted Club-rush is a perennial, grass-like plant with tufted, stems that are 1-4 dm tall and arising from short rhizomes. The leaves are clustered near the base and are reduced to scales or short blades. Several flowers are spirally arranged in a single, short, spike-like, terminal cluster, or spikelet, that is 4-6 mm long and subtended by a long-tipped scale. Each flower consists of a single scale subtending 3 stamens and an ovary with 6 white bristles that are as long as the scales and arising from the base. The 3-sided achene is ca. 1.5 mm long.
Source: Encyclopedia of Life