Scirpus pendulus

ClassificationMonocots
FamilyCyperaceae
Family (Traditional)Cyperaceae
GenusScirpus
Species:Scirpus pendulus Muhl.
Common NameRufous Bulrush
Growth Habitgraminoid
Plant Notes**
CharacteristicsArmaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: No; Woody Herbaceous: Herbaceous; Natural Area Presence: CCNMP; Natural Area Presence: DRU; Natural Area Presence: GILES; Natural Area Presence: LULA; Natural Area Presence: UCR; Duration: Perennial; General Ecology: Mudflat; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: graminoid; Moisture Requirements: Sub-xeric; Moisture Requirements: Dry-mesic; Moisture Requirements: Mesic; Moisture Requirements: Mesic-Hydric; Moisture Requirements: Hydric; Moisture Requirements: Wetland; Region of Origin: North America; Reproductive Phenology: April; Reproductive Phenology: May; Reproductive Phenology: June; Reproductive Phenology: July; Leaf Arrangement: alternate; Leaf Arrangement: basal; Leaf Complexity: simple; Leaf Dissection: 0; Leaf Fragrance: No; Leaf Persistance: Deciduous; Leaf Petiole Type: sessile; Leaf Rank: 3-ranked; Leaf Type: grass-like; Leaf Venation: parallel; Leaflet Margins: entire; Leaflet Number: 0; Base Flower Color: Brown (incl. Maroon); Base Flower Color: Green; Fruit Dehiscence: No; Fruit Type: Achene; Fruit Wet/Dry: Dry; Hypanthium Present: No; Ovary Position: Superior; Overall Flower Symmetry: N/A; Perianth Present: No; Sporangium Arrangement: N/A; Stamen Number: 1; Stamen Number: 2; Stamen Number: 6
C value 4
StatusNative; AGCP (OBL), EMP (OBL) (NWPL); TN[SNR] KY[S5] (State Rank); G5 (Global Rank)
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** Not applicable or data not available.

Species Distribution Map

This species has been reported in the counties highlighted in the interactive distribution map below. Click on a county to display the its name. Click the question mark icon () to view additional information about the ecoregions shown. In the map legend, there are links to toggle the visibility of the ecoregions and/or their labels. In addition, clicking on an ecoregion name will highlight that region on the map.

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  • Counties
  • Counties - Species Present
Ecoregions
  • Southeastern Plains
    • Blackland Prarie
  • Blue Ridge Mountains
  • Ridge and Valley
  • Cumberland Plateau
  • Cumberland Mountains
  • Allegheny Plateau
  • Interior Plateau
    • Bluegrass Region
    • Nashville Basin
    • Pennyroyal Karst Plain
    • Western Highland Rim
    • Eastern Highland Rim

Synonyms

No synonyms exist for this species.

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort.

Counties included on distribution map: Anderson (KY), Barren (KY), Bath (KY), Bourbon (KY), Bracken (KY), Breckinridge (KY), Bullitt (KY), Campbell (KY), Casey (KY), Christian (KY), Clark (KY), Clinton (KY), Cumberland (KY), Estill (KY), Fleming (KY), Franklin (KY), Fulton (KY), Gallatin (KY), Garrard (KY), Grayson (KY), Hardin (KY), Hopkins (KY), Jackson (KY), Jefferson (KY), Jessamine (KY), Kenton (KY), Laurel (KY), Lee (KY), Lewis (KY), Lincoln (KY), Lyon (KY), McCracken (KY), McCreary (KY), Madison (KY), Meade (KY), Menifee (KY), Nelson (KY), Oldham (KY), Owen (KY), Pendleton (KY), Powell (KY), Pulaski (KY), Rowan (KY), Trigg (KY), Warren (KY), Wayne (KY), Whitley (KY), Woodford (KY), Bedford (TN), Benton (TN), Campbell (TN), Carter (TN), Claiborne (TN), Coffee (TN), Cumberland (TN), Decatur (TN), DeKalb (TN), Franklin (TN), Giles (TN), Hamilton (TN), Hickman (TN), Humphreys (TN), Knox (TN), McMinn (TN), Marshall (TN), Monroe (TN), Montgomery (TN), Overton (TN), Polk (TN), Putnam (TN), Robertson (TN), Rutherford (TN), Sevier (TN), Stewart (TN), Sullivan (TN), Unicoi (TN), Warren (TN), White (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: APSC, BEREA, EKY, ETSU, HTTU, KNK, MDKY, MEM, MTSU, TENN, UCHT, UOS

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1934 - 2015

Accession No. (click for full details) County State Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
31234100091014 Clinton Kentucky 03 Aug 1999 Mark A. Gorton
99-871
EKY
Scirpus pendulus
31234100091311 Nelson Kentucky 24 Jun 1981 Richard H. Hannan
7362
EKY
Scirpus pendulus
31234100727476 Estill Kentucky 26 May 1987 Richard G. Guetig
114
EKY
Scirpus pendulus
31234100725306 Garrard Kentucky 16 May 2010 W. W. Overbeck
454
EKY
Scirpus pendulus
31234100091162 Lincoln Kentucky 24 May 2005 Deborah White
EKY
Scirpus pendulus
31234100091113 Jackson Kentucky 20 Jul 1984 Donna A. Godbey
28
EKY
Scirpus pendulus
31234100091022 Cumberland Kentucky 24 May 1999 Ross C. Clark
24513
EKY
Scirpus pendulus
31234100091220 Madison Kentucky 16 Jun 1988 Donna Perkins
11
EKY
Scirpus pendulus
31234100091287 Menifee Kentucky 19 Jun 1988 Carol Hanley
17
EKY
Scirpus pendulus
31234100090974 Barren Kentucky 13 Jun 1993 Charles J. Lapham
102
EKY
Scirpus pendulus
31234100091105 Franklin Kentucky 07 Jun 1978 Hal Bryan
FR-146
EKY
Scirpus pendulus
31234100091170 Lincoln Kentucky 22 May 1988 Bruce Hoagland
90
EKY
Scirpus pendulus
31234100091378 Woodford Kentucky 04 Jul 1955 Mary E. Wharton
9078f
EKY
Scirpus pendulus
31234100090982 Bullitt Kentucky 04 Jun 1992 Landon E. McKinney
5104
EKY
Scirpus pendulus
31234100091089 Franklin Kentucky 09 Jul 1984 Steve Rice
EKY
Scirpus pendulus
31234100091196 Lincoln Kentucky 13 Jun 1988 Bruce Hoagland
190
EKY
Scirpus pendulus
31234100091337 Pulaski Kentucky 02 Jul 1992 John Richard Abbott
2862
EKY
Scirpus pendulus
31234100091204 Lincoln Kentucky 13 Jun 1988 Bruce Hoagland
170
EKY
Scirpus pendulus
31234100091295 Menifee Kentucky 01 Jul 1989 Carol Hanley
326
EKY
Scirpus pendulus
31234100090990 Casey Kentucky 25 Jun 1980 J. Stuart Lassetter
3540
EKY
Scirpus pendulus
31234100091097 Franklin Kentucky 06 Jul 1978 John MacGregor
FR-145
EKY
Scirpus pendulus
31234100091071 Franklin Kentucky 11 Jul 1984 Steven Rice
EKY
Scirpus pendulus
31234100091048 Estill Kentucky Donald K. Walker
282
EKY
Scirpus pendulus
31234100091345 Pulaski Kentucky 16 Jun 1988 Frances Carter
40
EKY
Scirpus pendulus
31234100090966 Anderson Kentucky 12 Jun 1956 Mary Wharton
10086
EKY
Scirpus pendulus
31234100091303 Nelson Kentucky 21 May 2000 Ed Hartowicz
EKY
Scirpus pendulus
31234100091188 Lincoln Kentucky 13 Jun 1988 Bruce Hoagland
169
EKY
Scirpus pendulus
31234100091253 Madison Kentucky 14 Jun 1973 J. Stuart Lassetter
1961
EKY
Scirpus pendulus
31234100091055 Fleming Kentucky 24 Jun 1992 Landon E. McKinney
5146
EKY
Scirpus pendulus
31234100091154 Lee Kentucky 05 Jul 1992 D. Bauer
27
EKY
Scirpus pendulus
31234100091121 Jackson Kentucky 10 Jun 1986 Joe Abner
267
EKY
Scirpus pendulus
31234100091238 Madison Kentucky 21 Jun 1993 Gary W. Libby
433
EKY
Scirpus pendulus
31234100091352 Wayne Kentucky 12 Jul 1996 Ronald L. Jones
7855
EKY
Scirpus pendulus
31234100091436 Tennessee 25 May 1981 Henry R. DeSelm
202
EKY
Scirpus pendulus
31234100091246 Madison Kentucky 13 Jun 1984 Ronald L. Jones
4331
EKY
Scirpus pendulus
31234100091212 Lincoln Kentucky 03 Jul 1991 Ronald L. Jones
7390
EKY
Scirpus pendulus
31234100091261 Madison Kentucky 26 Jun 1975 Eddie Blanford
EKY
Scirpus pendulus
31234100091063 Franklin Kentucky 14 Jun 1993 Landon E. McKinney
5603
EKY
Scirpus pendulus
31234100091360 Whitley Kentucky 28 Jun 1993 Steve Walker
689
EKY
Scirpus pendulus
31234100091139 Jackson Kentucky 04 Jun 1984 Ronald L. Jones
4295
EKY
Scirpus pendulus
31234100091147 Jessamine Kentucky 22 Jun 1992 Peggy Welch
12
EKY
Scirpus pendulus
31234100091782 Powell Kentucky 23 Aug 1999 Ronald L. Jones
9167
EKY
Scirpus pendulus
31234100091006 Casey Kentucky 01 Jul 1988 Bruce Hoagland
241
EKY
Scirpus pendulus
BEREA004469 Jackson Kentucky
BEREA
Scirpus pendulus
BEREA004473 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Scirpus pendulus
BEREA004474 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Scirpus pendulus
BEREA004467 Clark Kentucky
BEREA
Scirpus pendulus
BEREA004468 Jackson Kentucky
BEREA
Scirpus pendulus
BEREA004472 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Scirpus pendulus
BEREA004470 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Scirpus pendulus
BEREA004476 Trigg Kentucky
BEREA
Scirpus pendulus
BEREA004478 DeKalb Tennessee
BEREA
Scirpus pendulus
BEREA004477 DeKalb Tennessee
BEREA
Scirpus pendulus
BEREA004475 Pulaski Kentucky
BEREA
Scirpus pendulus
BEREA004466 Barren Kentucky
BEREA
Scirpus pendulus
ETSU005808 Unicoi Tennessee 23 Oct 2015 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Scirpus pendulus
ETSU002367 Sullivan Tennessee
ETSU
Scirpus pendulus
ETSU005807 Unicoi Tennessee 30 Oct 2015 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Scirpus pendulus
ETSU002366 Carter Tennessee 01 Aug 2014 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Scirpus pendulus
31973000011925 Bath Kentucky
KNK
Scirpus pendulus
31973000011920 McCreary Kentucky
KNK
Scirpus pendulus
31973000020056 Bracken Kentucky 21 Jul 2013 Whitson, Maggie (Mary)
2013-0022 1/2
KNK
Scirpus pendulus
31973000011927 Lewis Kentucky
KNK
Scirpus pendulus
31973000011923 Laurel Kentucky
KNK
Scirpus pendulus
31973000011924 Bracken Kentucky
KNK
Scirpus pendulus
31973000011922 Coffee Tennessee
KNK
Scirpus pendulus
31973000011914 Kenton Kentucky
KNK
Scirpus pendulus
31973000011915 Madison Kentucky
KNK
Scirpus pendulus
31973000011913 Madison Kentucky
KNK
Scirpus pendulus
31973000011919 Clark Kentucky
KNK
Scirpus pendulus
31973000011916 Gallatin Kentucky
KNK
Scirpus pendulus
31973000011911 Pendleton Kentucky
KNK
Scirpus pendulus
31973000011912 Campbell Kentucky
KNK
Scirpus pendulus
31973000011918 Fleming Kentucky
KNK
Scirpus pendulus
31973000011917 Lewis Kentucky
KNK
Scirpus pendulus
31973000011921 Kenton Kentucky
KNK
Scirpus pendulus
31973000011926 Lee Kentucky
KNK
Scirpus pendulus
MDKY00003754 Rowan Kentucky
MDKY
Scirpus pendulus
MDKY00003744 Fleming Kentucky
MDKY
Scirpus pendulus
MDKY00003743 Menifee Kentucky
MDKY
Scirpus pendulus
MDKY00003753 Rowan Kentucky
MDKY
Scirpus pendulus
MDKY00003748 Kenton Kentucky
MDKY
Scirpus pendulus
MDKY00003746 Rowan Kentucky
MDKY
Scirpus pendulus
MDKY00003749 Rowan Kentucky
MDKY
Scirpus pendulus
MDKY00003742 Fleming Kentucky
MDKY
Scirpus pendulus
MDKY00003752 Rowan Kentucky
MDKY
Scirpus pendulus
MDKY00003751 Rowan Kentucky
MDKY
Scirpus pendulus
MDKY00003745 Fleming Kentucky
MDKY
Scirpus pendulus
TENN-V-0192581 Giles Tennessee
TENN
Scirpus pendulus
TENN-V-0041185 Putnam Tennessee
TENN
Scirpus pendulus
TENN-V-0041166 Giles Tennessee
TENN
Scirpus pendulus
TENN-V-0041168 Decatur Tennessee
TENN
Scirpus pendulus
TENN-V-0192549 Hickman Tennessee
TENN
Scirpus pendulus
TENN-V-0041181 Marshall Tennessee
TENN
Scirpus pendulus
TENN-V-0041188 White Tennessee
TENN
Scirpus pendulus
TENN-V-0041164 Hamilton Tennessee
TENN
Scirpus pendulus
TENN-V-0041163 Hamilton Tennessee
TENN
Scirpus pendulus
TENN-V-0041184 Polk Tennessee
TENN
Scirpus pendulus
TENN-V-0150796 Bedford Tennessee
TENN
Scirpus pendulus
TENN-V-0041183 Overton Tennessee
TENN
Scirpus pendulus
TENN-V-0041146 Claiborne Tennessee
TENN
Scirpus pendulus
TENN-V-0041149 Bedford Tennessee
TENN
Scirpus pendulus
TENN-V-0041148 Campbell Tennessee
TENN
Scirpus pendulus
TENN-V-0041162 Humphreys Tennessee
TENN
Scirpus pendulus
TENN-V-0041828 Hardin Kentucky
TENN
Scirpus pendulus
TENN-V-0041827 Franklin Kentucky
TENN
Scirpus pendulus
TENN-V-0041186 Rutherford Tennessee
TENN
Scirpus pendulus
TENN-V-0041189 Sevier Tennessee
TENN
Scirpus pendulus
TENN-V-0041145 Cumberland Tennessee
TENN
Scirpus pendulus
TENN-V-0041147 Campbell Tennessee
TENN
Scirpus pendulus
TENN-V-0041167 DeKalb Tennessee
TENN
Scirpus pendulus
TENN-V-0041182 Monroe Tennessee
TENN
Scirpus pendulus
TENN-V-0041165 Giles Tennessee
TENN
Scirpus pendulus
UCHT003876 Polk Tennessee
UCHT
Scirpus pendulus
UCHT003875 Polk Tennessee
UCHT
Scirpus pendulus
UCHT003877 Polk Tennessee
UCHT
Scirpus pendulus
BEREA024621 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Scirpus pendulus
BEREA024654 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Scirpus pendulus
APSC0061707 Nelson Kentucky
APSC
Scirpus pendulus
APSC0038803 Montgomery Tennessee 27 May 1950 Alfred Clebsch
APSC
Scirpus pendulus
APSC0038853 Stewart Tennessee 28 May 1980 Jackie Stack
APSC
Scirpus pendulus
APSC0084765 Franklin Kentucky
APSC
Scirpus pendulus
APSC0061649 Bullitt Kentucky
APSC
Scirpus pendulus
APSC0061655 Oldham Kentucky
APSC
Scirpus pendulus
APSC0066052 McCreary Kentucky
APSC
Scirpus pendulus
APSC0055065 Coffee Tennessee
APSC
Scirpus pendulus
APSC0080415 Lewis Kentucky
APSC
Scirpus pendulus
APSC0061665 Fulton Kentucky
APSC
Scirpus pendulus
APSC0061657 Meade Kentucky
APSC
Scirpus pendulus
APSC0058574 Warren Kentucky
APSC
Scirpus pendulus
APSC0056816 Bedford Tennessee
APSC
Scirpus pendulus
APSC0066048 Franklin Kentucky
APSC
Scirpus pendulus
APSC0066049 Pulaski Kentucky 15 May 1980 Max Medley
APSC
Scirpus pendulus
APSC0038804 Montgomery Tennessee 25 Jun 1980 Edward Chester
APSC
Scirpus pendulus
APSC0045746 Coffee Tennessee
APSC
Scirpus pendulus
APSC0053198 Garrard Kentucky
APSC
Scirpus pendulus
APSC0072482 White Tennessee
APSC
Scirpus pendulus
APSC0061652 Oldham Kentucky
APSC
Scirpus pendulus
APSC0038802 Montgomery Tennessee 29 May 1949 Alfred Clebsch
APSC
Scirpus pendulus
APSC0058589 Bullitt Kentucky
APSC
Scirpus pendulus
APSC0038848 Stewart Tennessee 08 May 1966 Rhonda Riggins
APSC
Scirpus pendulus
APSC0038792 Bullitt Kentucky
APSC
Scirpus pendulus
APSC0038850 Trigg Kentucky 04 Jun 1966 William H. Ellis
APSC
Scirpus pendulus
APSC0038799 Rutherford Tennessee
APSC
Scirpus pendulus
APSC0048367 Grayson Kentucky
APSC
Scirpus pendulus
APSC0061706 Franklin Kentucky
APSC
Scirpus pendulus
APSC0061710 Jefferson Kentucky 06 May 1957
APSC
Scirpus pendulus
APSC0038784 Polk Tennessee
APSC
Scirpus pendulus
BEREA024489 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Scirpus pendulus
APSC0066047 Bullitt Kentucky
APSC
Scirpus pendulus
APSC0038806 Franklin Kentucky 01 Jun 2006 Dwayne Estes
APSC
Scirpus pendulus
APSC0072481 Warren Tennessee
APSC
Scirpus pendulus
APSC0038837 Trigg Kentucky 07 Jun 2004 Ralph Thompson
APSC
Scirpus pendulus
APSC0038785 Nelson Kentucky
APSC
Scirpus pendulus
APSC0061654 Bullitt Kentucky
APSC
Scirpus pendulus
APSC0061651 Owen Kentucky
APSC
Scirpus pendulus
APSC0038791 Marshall Tennessee
APSC
Scirpus pendulus
APSC0038841 Trigg Kentucky 16 Jun 1966 William H. Ellis
APSC
Scirpus pendulus
APSC0038808 Christian Kentucky 30 Jul 1993 Sallie Noel
APSC
Scirpus pendulus
APSC0038807 Christian Kentucky 21 Jun 1993 Sallie Noel
APSC
Scirpus pendulus
APSC0113110 Humphreys Tennessee
APSC
Scirpus pendulus
APSC0061656 Meade Kentucky
APSC
Scirpus pendulus
APSC0061664 Barren Kentucky
APSC
Scirpus pendulus
APSC0038834 Trigg Kentucky 13 Jun 1989 Susan Holt
APSC
Scirpus pendulus
APSC0086850 Jefferson Kentucky 25 Jun 1979 Max Medley
APSC
Scirpus pendulus
APSC0066051 Franklin Kentucky
APSC
Scirpus pendulus
APSC0061653 Jefferson Kentucky 25 Sep 1943 Davies
APSC
Scirpus pendulus
APSC0058571 Oldham Kentucky
APSC
Scirpus pendulus
APSC0061648 Hopkins Kentucky
APSC
Scirpus pendulus
APSC0038800 Robertson Tennessee
APSC
Scirpus pendulus
APSC0038811 Benton Tennessee
APSC
Scirpus pendulus
BEREA025872 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Scirpus pendulus
MEM002899 McCracken Kentucky 06 Jun 1969 Raymond Athey
651
MEM
Scirpus pendulus
APSC0068208 Owen Kentucky
APSC
Scirpus pendulus
APSC0048811 Grayson Kentucky
APSC
Scirpus pendulus
HTTU036605 White Tennessee
HTTU
Scirpus pendulus
MEM012622 Franklin Kentucky 11 Jun 1957 Mary E. Wharton
10839
MEM
Scirpus pendulus
MEM007124 Lyon Kentucky 28 Jun 1970 Raymond Athey
1071
MEM
Scirpus pendulus
APSC0058588 Hardin Kentucky
APSC
Scirpus pendulus
UCHT040387 Polk Tennessee
UCHT
Scirpus pendulus
APSC0076981 Pulaski Kentucky
APSC
Scirpus pendulus
UCHT037622 Polk Tennessee
UCHT
Scirpus pendulus
APSC0038805 Christian Kentucky 25 Jun 1993 Sallie Noel
APSC
Scirpus pendulus
APSC0076227 Breckinridge Kentucky 23 Jun 1983 Max Medley
APSC
Scirpus pendulus
APSC0058572 Jefferson Kentucky 07 Jun 1934
APSC
Scirpus pendulus
MEM012680 Bourbon Kentucky 08 Jul 1957 Mary E. Wharton
11014
MEM
Scirpus pendulus
APSC0068482 Giles Tennessee
APSC
Scirpus pendulus
APSC0053840 Coffee Tennessee
APSC
Scirpus pendulus
UCHT037621 Coffee Tennessee
UCHT
Scirpus pendulus
UOS07080 Franklin Tennessee 23 Jun 1997 Mary P. Priestley
UOS
Scirpus pendulus
UOS07077 Franklin Tennessee 25 May 2010 Jon Evans
UOS
Scirpus pendulus
UOS07079 Franklin Tennessee 29 May 2010 Jon Evans
UOS
Scirpus pendulus
MEM018022 Hardin Kentucky 06 Jun 1978 R. Cranfill
859
MEM
Scirpus pendulus
APSC0058573 Jefferson Kentucky 23 May 1954 Charles Gunn
APSC
Scirpus pendulus
APSC0038836 Stewart Tennessee 01 Jun 1989 Susan Holt
APSC
Scirpus pendulus
UOS07078 Knox Tennessee 17 Jul 1997 Greg Miller
UOS
Scirpus pendulus
APSC0061650 Bullitt Kentucky
APSC
Scirpus pendulus
MTSU003538 DeKalb Tennessee 18 May 1986 Landon E. McKinney
MTSU
Scirpus pendulus
ETSU032403 McMinn Tennessee James T Donaldson
ETSU
Scirpus pendulus
MEM006174 Fulton Kentucky 07 Jun 1972 Raymond Athey
1813
MEM
Scirpus pendulus
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