Common Club-rush - Schoenoplectus lacustris

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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.

  • Graham Calow
    Croft Hill Lake
    19 June 2014
  • Graham Calow
    Main Street, Cosby
    27 August 2016
  • David Nicholls
    Nature Alive, Coalville
    12 July 2012
  • Graham Calow
    Witherley
    01 August 2015
  • Graham Calow
    River Soar, Sapcote
    11 July 2008
  • David Nicholls
    Nature Alive, Coalville
    12 July 2012

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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% of records within its species group

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  • Graham Calow
    Croft Hill Lake
    19 June 2014
  • David Nicholls
    Barrow Upon Soar
    15 July 2011
  • Graham Calow
    Croft Hill
    11 June 2011
  • Graham Calow
    River Soar, Sapcote
    11 July 2008
  • David Nicholls
    Barrow Upon Soar
    15 July 2011
  • Graham Calow
    Croft Hill
    11 June 2011
  • David Nicholls
    Barrow Upon Soar
    15 July 2011
  • David Nicholls
    Barrow Upon Soar
    15 July 2011
  • David Nicholls
    Launde Fish Ponds
    22 September 2012
  • David Nicholls
    Launde Fish Ponds
    22 September 2012
  • Graham Calow
    Croft Hill Lake
    19 June 2014
  • David Nicholls
    Croft Pasture
    26 June 2014
  • Graham Calow
    Witherley
    27 May 2015
  • David Nicholls
    Croft Pasture
    26 June 2014
  • David Nicholls
    Nature Alive
    07 August 2014
  • BurbageNP
    Woodgate
    17 July 2016
    Woodgate swamp pond