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slender bulrush

stream bank bulrush, triangular club-rush

Schoenoplectus heterochaetus

Schoenoplectus triqueter

Flowering time June-August July-September
Habitat Lakes and ponds. Freshwater intertidal zone.
Distribution
Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington; southwestern British Columbia to California, east to Montana and Wyoming, also in the Great Plains, Great Lakes region, and northeastern U.S.
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Occurring west of the Cascades crest in Washington in the lower Columbia River; southwestern Washington to adjacent northwestern Oregon.
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Origin Native Introduced from Eurasia
Conservation status Not of concern Not of concern
Sibling taxa
S. acutus, S. americanus, S. ×kuekenthalianus, S. mucronatus, S. pungens, S. saximontanus, S. subterminalis, S. tabernaemontani, S. triqueter
S. acutus, S. americanus, S. heterochaetus, S. ×kuekenthalianus, S. mucronatus, S. pungens, S. saximontanus, S. subterminalis, S. tabernaemontani
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