Cladium mariscoides (Muhl.) Torr.
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Authority
Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.
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Family
Cyperaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Culms stiff, slender, to 1 m, solitary or few together from rhizomes, often colonial; blades 1–3 mm wide, channeled toward the base, flat or nearly so in the middle, becoming terete distally, smooth or nearly so; infl slender, the terminal cyme 5–10 cm, the lower ones remote; spikelets lanceolate, becoming ovoid, 3–5 mm; lower scales short, subrotund, the upper ovate; achene dull brown, 2.5–3.5 mm, conspicuously pointed, the base either contracted or broadly truncate. Swamps and marshes, usually in calcareous or saline places; N.S. to Minn., s. to w. Fla. and Ky.; e. Tex. (Mariscus m.) Some plants have the infl much congested.
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Common Names
twig-rush