Scirpus validus

Soft-stem Bulrush

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Soft-stem Bulrush might first be noticed as a large colony of stems growing in water, the stems topped by a hanging inflorescence.

Soft-stem Bulrush is a bulrush sedge with stems to eight feet tall. The stems are very rounded, triangular-shaped and light green in color. The smooth stems are up to one inch wide at the base, gradually tapering upward. There are no leaf blades, just sheaths, with inflorescence at stem tip. The characteristic hanging clusters of spikelets appear as a continuation of the stem.

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Height
-8 Feet

Spread
3- Feet

USDA Hardiness Zone 3-9

Home Owner Growing and Maintenance Tips:

Good Companions

Needle Spike Rush (Eleocharis acicularis), Blunt Spike Rush (Eleocharis obtusa), Creeping Spike Rush (Eleocharis palustris), Small's Spike Rush (Eleocharis smallii), Water Lily (Nymphaea odorata), Hardstem Bulrush (Scirpus acutus), Olney's Bulrush (Scirpus americana), Green Bulrush (Scirpus atrovirens), Marsh Bulrush (Scirpus cyperinus), River Bulrush (Scirpus fluviatilis)

Characteristics & Attributes

Hydrologic Designation

•

OBL

Root

•

Rhizomes

Season of Interest

•	Late (July-frost)

Soil Moisture

•

High

Special Uses

•

Bog

Sun Exposure

•

Full Sun

USFS MO Ecological Map

•	Ozark Highlands

Wildlife Benefit

•	Food/Birds
•	Food/Small Animals