Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani

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Internal ID UUID6440089608e51026364815
Scientific name Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani
Authority (C.C.Gmel.) Palla
First published in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 10: 299 (1888)

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Live plants of Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani are sold by horticultural nurseries as ornamental pond‑ and water‑garden plants for the landscaping of constructed wetlands, retention ponds, and naturalized water features. The species is marketed under the common name “river bulrush” or “tabernaemontani club‑rush” and is offered in a range of container sizes, from small liners to mature clumps. In addition to ornamental use, the plant is supplied to ecological‑restoration projects as a native emergent species for wetland mitigation, streambank stabilization, and the establishment of habitats for aquatic wildlife.

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The species exhibits a robust emergent growth habit, tolerates a wide range of water depths and fluctuating water levels, and spreads by rhizomes, allowing rapid establishment in shallow aquatic substrates. Its stiff, upright culms provide a distinctive vertical accent in water‑garden designs, while the dense foliage offers visual structure and minor sediment‑binding capacity. S. tabernaemontani is cold‑hardy in temperate regions (approximately USDA hardiness zones 4 – 9) and displays good tolerance to seasonal temperature variation, making it suitable for use in both northern and southern temperate zones. The plant’s ability to propagate vegetatively by division supports commercial production without reliance on seed harvest, facilitating consistent supply for both ornamental and restoration markets.

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Cyperus tabernaemontani Missbach & E.H.L.Krause Deutschl. Fl. Abbild. , ed. 2, 2: 31 (1900)
Eleogiton tabernaemontani Fourr. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon , n.s., 17: 173 (1869)
Heleogiton tabernaemontani Peterm. Fl. Bienitz : 22 (1841)
Heleophylax tabernaemontani Schinz & Thell. Vierteljahrsschr. Naturf. Ges. Zürich 53: 587 (1908)
Hymenochaeta tabernaemontani (C.C.Gmel.) Nakai Bull. Natl. Sci. Mus. Tokyo 31: 133 (1952)
Schoenoplectus lacustris subsp. creber (Fernald) Á.Löve & D.Löve Taxon 30(4): 849 (1981):.
Schoenoplectus lacustris f. glaucus (Peterm.) Soó Acta Bot. Acad. Sci. Hung. 16: 368 (1970 publ. 1971)
Schoenoplectus lacustris subsp. glaucus (Sm.) Luceño & Marín Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 59: 352 (2001 publ. 2002)
Schoenoplectus lacustris subsp. tabernaemontani (C.C.Gmel.) Á.Löve & D.Löve Folia Geobot. Phytotax. 10: 275 (1975)
Schoenoplectus lacustris subsp. validus (Vahl) T.Koyama Bishop Mus. Occas. Pap. 29: 128 (1989)
Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani f. sub-duvalii (Beckhaus) Soó Acta Bot. Acad. Sci. Hung. 16: 369 (1970 publ. 1971)
Schoenoplectus validus (Vahl) Á.Löve & D.Löve Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 81: 33 (1954)
Schoenoplectus validus subsp. luxurians (Miq.) Soják Cas. Nár. Mus., Odd. Prír. 141: 62 (1972)
Scirpus glaucus Sm. Engl. Bot. t. 2321.
Scirpus globifer Welw. ex Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 87 (1855)
Scirpus lacustris f. glaucus (Hartm.) Peterm. Anal. Pfl.-Schlüss. 480 1846
Scirpus lacustris subsp. glaucus Hartm. Sv. Norsk Exc.-Fl. 10. 1846 (1846)
Scirpus lacustris subsp. validus (Vahl) T.Koyama Canad. J. Bot. 40: 927. 1962
Scirpus siculus Lojac. Fl. Sicul. 3: 214 (1909)
Scirpus tabernaemontani C.C.Gmel. Fl. Bad. 1: 101 (1805)
Scirpus tabernaemontani f. luxurians Miq. Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 2: 143 (1886)
Scirpus tabernaemontani f. paludosus Boenn. Prodr. Fl. Monast. Westphal. 15. 1824
Scirpus tabernaemontani f. sub-duvalii Beckh. Fl. Westfalen 936 1893
Scirpus uliginosus Kar. & Kir. Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 15: 520 (1842)
Scirpus validus Vahl Enum. Pl. [Vahl] 2: 268. 1805 [Oct-Dec 1805]
Scirpus validus var. creber Fernald Rhodora 45: 283 (1943)
Scirpus welwitschii K.Richt. Pl. Eur. 1: 141 (1890)
Schoenoplectus validus subsp. creber (Fernald) Á.Löve & D.Löve Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 81: 33 (1954)
Scirpus lacustris subsp. creber (Fernald) T.Koyama Phytologia 8: 457 (1963)
Scirpus lacustris var. validus Kük. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 23: 200 (1926)
Scirpus validus f. creber (Fernald) Beetle Publ. Univ. Wyoming 13: 6 (1948)
Scirpus validus var. laeviglumis Tang & F.T.Wang Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 11: 221 (1961)
Scirpus lacustris var. tabernaemontani (C.C.Gmel.) Döll Rhein. Fl. 165 1843
Scirpus maritimus subsp. tabernaemontani (C.C.Gmel.) Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur. Suppl. 2: 318. 1890 (1890)
Scirpus lacustris var. luxurians (Miq.) T.Koyama Canad. J. Bot. 40: 927. 1962
Scirpus lacustris subsp. tabernaemontani (C.C.Gmel.) Syme Engl. Bot. ed. 3a, 10: 64. 1870 (1870)
Scirpus lacustris f. pictus Honda Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 52: 140 (1938)
Scirpus lacustris var. tabernaemontani (Gmel.) Husn. Cyp?rac?es 1906
Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani f. paludosus (Boenn.) Soó Acta Bot. Acad. Sci. Hung. 16: 369 (1970 publ. 1971)
Scirpus tabernaemontani var. salinus Boenn. Prodr. Fl. Monast. Westphal. : 15 (1824)
Scirpus tabernaemontani var. minor Gaudin Fl. Helv. 6: 337 (1830)
Scirpus lacustris var. littoreus Wahlenb. Fl. Suecica 1: 28 (1824)
Scirpus tabernaemontani var. major Gaudin Fl. Helv. 6: 337 (1830)
Scirpus tabernaemontani var. uliginosus (Kar. & Kir.) Regel Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 41(II): 275 (1869)
Scirpus lacustris subsp. validus (Vahl) Osten Anales Mus. Hist. Nat. Montevideo ser. 2, 3: 205 (1931)
Schoenoplectus lacustris subsp. glaucus Bech. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 25: 11 (1928)
Scirpus lacustris var. glaucus (Rchb.) Hartm. Handb. Skand. Fl. , ed. 5: 256 (1849)
Scirpus lacustris subsp. digynus Lönnr. Öfversigt af Kongl. Vetenskaps-akademiens forhandlingar 39: 98 (1892)
Scirpus lacustris var. creber (Fernald) T.Koyama Fl. Jap. , ed. rev.: 204 (1965)

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Language Common/alternative name
English grey club rush
English great bulrush
English grey club-rush
English sea club rush
English softstem bulrush
Czech skřípinec tabernaemontanův
Welsh llafrwynen arfor
German salz-teichbinse
German salz-teichsimse
Estonian kare kaisel
Finnish sinikaisla
French souchet de tabernaemontanus
French scirpe glauque
Upper Sorbian słonišćowa syć
Japanese フトイ
Lithuanian melsvasis meldas
Latvian zilganais meldrs
Norwegian Bokmål pollsivaks
Dutch ruwe bies
Polish oczeret tabernemontana
Polish sitowie tabernemontana
Russian схеноплектус Табернемонтана
Russian Камыш Табернемонтана
Russian Малый камыш
Swedish blåsäv
Chinese 藨草
Chinese
Chinese 水蔥
Chinese 水葱藨草
Chinese 大水莞
Chinese 水葱

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000528404
Florida Plant Atlas 2706
Flora of Alabama 4211
Canadensys 5322
USDA Plants SCTA2
Tropicos 9906131
INPN 121555
Flora of Italy 9586
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1019164-1
The Plant List kew-263102
Plantarium 34249
Missouri Botanical Garden 279820
Open Tree Of Life 265373
Observations.org 7416
NCBI Taxonomy 316508
NBN Atlas NHMSYS0000463294
Nature Serve 2.148187
IUCN Red List 175246
IPNI 1139007-2
iNaturalist 78998
iNaturalist 408573
GBIF 2711157
Freebase /m/0ch5n1g
WisFlora 4994
FEIS plants/graminoid/schtab
EPPO SCPTA
EOL 249675
Elurikkus 288081
Calflora (Californian flora) 9611
USDA GRIN 432555
Wikipedia Schoenoplectus_tabernaemontani

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Accession Assembly
Name Level Submitter Released Coverage Size
GCA_037127355.1 CAF_SchTab_1.0 Chromosome Chinese Academy of Forestry 2024-03-14 101.63 484.43 Mb

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Ecological and phylogenetic aspects of the spring diet of three palaearctic species of swans Kouzov SA, Kravchuk AV, Koptseva EM, Gubelit YI, Zaynagutdinova EM, Abakumov EV BMC Ecol Evol 02-Feb-2024
PMCID:PMC10835875
doi:10.1186/s12862-024-02204-7
PMID:38302909
Microbial degradation of naphthenic acids using constructed wetland treatment systems: metabolic and genomic insights for improved bioremediation of process-affected water Reis PC, Correa-Garcia S, Tremblay J, Beaulieu-Laliberté A, Muench DG, Ahad JM, Yergeau E, Comte J, Martineau C FEMS Microbiol Ecol 27-Nov-2023
PMCID:PMC10710301
doi:10.1093/femsec/fiad153
PMID:38012121
Effects of Vegetation Types and Soil Properties on Regional Soil Carbon and Nitrogen in Salinized Reservoir Wetland, Northeast China Wang Y, Bao H, Kavana DJ, Li Y, Li X, Yan L, Xu W, Yu B Plants (Basel) 03-Nov-2023
PMCID:PMC10649285
doi:10.3390/plants12213767
PMID:37960123
Host genetic background rather than diet-induced gut microbiota shifts of sympatric black-necked crane, common crane and bar-headed goose Wang Y, Long Z, Zhang Y, Li X, Zhang X, Su H Front Microbiol 12-Oct-2023
PMCID:PMC10625752
doi:10.3389/fmicb.2023.1270716
PMID:37933251
The most polyphagous insect herbivore? Host plant associations of the Meadow spittlebug, Philaenus spumarius (L.) Thompson V, Harkin C, Stewart AJ PLoS One 04-Oct-2023
PMCID:PMC10602594
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0291734
PMID:37792900
eDNA Metabarcoding- and Microscopic Analysis for Diet Determination in Waterfowl, a Comparative Study in Vejlerne, Denmark Svendsen AS, Nielsen LB, Schmidt JB, Bruhn D, Andersen LH, Pertoldi C Biology (Basel) 21-Sep-2023
PMCID:PMC10525441
doi:10.3390/biology12091272
PMID:37759671
Dynamic distribution of Massilia spp. in sewage, substrate, plant rhizosphere/phyllosphere and air of constructed wetland ecosystem Xu A, Liu C, Zhao S, Song Z, Sun H Front Microbiol 27-Jul-2023
PMCID:PMC10413979
doi:10.3389/fmicb.2023.1211649
PMID:37577432
Effects of grazing prohibition on nirK- and nirS-type denitrifier communities in salt marshes Li N, Li J, Nie M, Wu M, Wu J Front Microbiol 26-Jul-2023
PMCID:PMC10411955
doi:10.3389/fmicb.2023.1233352
PMID:37564285
Optimizing total ammonia–nitrogen concentration for enhanced microbial fuel cell performance in landfill leachate treatment: a bibliometric analysis and future directions Ishaq A, Said MI, Azman SB, Abdulwahab MF, Jagun ZT Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 15-Jul-2023
PMCID:PMC10404197
doi:10.1007/s11356-023-28580-z
PMID:37454007
Effective bioremediation of clarithromycin and diclofenac in wastewater by microbes and Arundo donax L Ercoli L, Rossetto R, Di Giorgi S, Raffaelli A, Nuti M, Pellegrino E Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 30-May-2023
PMCID:PMC10300175
doi:10.1007/s11356-023-27660-4
PMID:37249765
King rail (Rallus elegans) home range and microhabitat characteristics in western Lake Erie coastal marshes Brewer DE, Gehring TM, Garcia MM, Shirkey BT, Simpson JW, Fournier AM Ecol Evol 26-Apr-2023
PMCID:PMC10133529
doi:10.1002/ece3.10043
PMID:37122771
Halophytic Clonal Plant Species: Important Functional Aspects for Existence in Heterogeneous Saline Habitats Ievinsh G Plants (Basel) 21-Apr-2023
PMCID:PMC10144567
doi:10.3390/plants12081728
PMID:37111952
Removal efficacy of fly ash composite filler on tailwater nitrogen and phosphorus and its application in constructed wetlands Wang S, Yang H, Che F, Huang W, Yang D Front Chem 19-Apr-2023
PMCID:PMC10155834
doi:10.3389/fchem.2023.1160489
PMID:37153523
Network Analysis Indicates Microbial Assemblage Differences in Life Stages of Cladophora Wang Y, Zhou P, Zhou W, Huang S, Peng C, Li D, Li G Appl Environ Microbiol 07-Mar-2023
PMCID:PMC10057885
doi:10.1128/aem.02112-22
PMID:36880773
Floating Mat Formation Makes Zizania latifolia More Competitive under the Conditions of Continuous Significant Water Level Rise Wen JH, Li BY, Xiao HY, Gong CY, Gao AG, Wang YH, Li DL, Zeng HY, Li YZ, Yuan GX, Fu H, Wu AP Plants (Basel) 06-Mar-2023
PMCID:PMC10007199
doi:10.3390/plants12051193
PMID:36904053

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