Schoenoplectus americanus (syn. Scirpus americanus) is an American species of flowering plant in the sedge family known by the common names chairmaker's bulrush and Olney's three-square bulrush.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of American three-square bulrush being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Schoenoplectus triqueter
- Schoenoplectus pungens
- Schoenoplectiella mucronata
- Schoenoplectus acutus
- Schoenoplectiella brachyceras
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Liliopsida
- Order
- Poales
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Schoenoplectus
- Species
- Schoenoplectus americanus
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