Bolboschoenus maritimus (L.) Palla

PLANTS OF ILLINOIS, USA
Bulboschoenus maritimus (L.) Palla
Cyperaceae
Det.: S.R.HiIl (ILLS) 2012; confirmed by A.A.Reznicek (MICH)
10/2012
DUPAGE COUNTY N 41.83088° W 88.00957°
South side of 31st Street, just east of Highland Avenue
and west of Forest Preserve interpretive center, 2.1 km
south-southwest of Highland Hills. Coordinate Datum:
WGS84/NAD83. Elevation 739 feet. Black salty muck.
Brackish marsh with runoff from road, open meadow,
dominated by Solidago sempervirens, Juncus spp.,
Schoenoplectus pungens, Bulboschoenus maritimus,
Phalaris arundinacea.
Locally abundant short-rhizomed clumped perennial
sedge closer to road than to pond, especially along
drainage from road.
Steven R. Hill 38973