Common Club-rush - Schoenoplectus lacustris

Description

Tall to 300 cm with creeping rhizomes bearing stout rounded green stems. Inflorescence is a loose cluster of branches bearing clusters of red/brown spikelets, sometimes as dense heads.

Identification difficulty
Habitat

By freshwater rivers, lakes and ponds.

When to see it

June to August.

Life History

Perennial.

UK Status

Widespread and fairly common in suitable locations but more common in central and southern England than elsewhere in Britain.

VC55 Status

Fairly frequent in suitable locations in Leicestershire and Rutland. In the 1979 Flora survey of Leicestershire it was found in 94 of the 617 tetrads.

Leicestershire & Rutland Map

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Species profile

Common names
Common Club-rush
Species group:
Grasses, Rushes & Sedges
Kingdom:
Plantae
Order:
Poales
Family:
Cyperaceae
Records on NatureSpot:
49
First record:
27/08/2007 (Dave Wood)
Last record:
10/10/2023 (Nicholls, David)

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