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Introductory
SPECIES: Scirpus hudsonianus | Hudson's Bay Bulrush
ABBREVIATION :
SCIHUD
SYNONYMS :
Eriophorum alpinum L.
Trichophorum alpinum (L.) Pers. [18]
SCS PLANT CODE :
TRAL7
COMMON NAMES :
Hudson's Bay bulrush
cotton-club rush
alpine leafless-bulrush
alpine bulrush
TAXONOMY :
The currently accepted scientific name of Hudson's Bay bulrush is
Scirpus hudsonianus (Michx.) Fern. [4].
LIFE FORM :
Graminoid
FEDERAL LEGAL STATUS :
No special status
OTHER STATUS :
Hudson's Bay bulrush is demonstrably secure globally but critically
imperiled in Montana, where it is at the edge of its range [7,12].
COMPILED BY AND DATE :
Tara Y. Williams, October 1990
LAST REVISED BY AND DATE :
NO-ENTRY
AUTHORSHIP AND CITATION :
Williams, Tara Y. 1990. Scirpus hudsonianus. In: Remainder of Citation
DISTRIBUTION AND OCCURRENCE
SPECIES: Scirpus hudsonianus | Hudson's Bay Bulrush
GENERAL DISTRIBUTION :
Hudson's Bay bulrush is circumboreal. It extends south in North America
to Connecticut, Michigan, Saskatchewan, Montana, and British Columbia
[4]. Montana distribution is limited to Glacier National Park, and
Flathead and Glacier counties [6].
ECOSYSTEMS :
FRES37 Mountain meadows
STATES :
CT MA ME MI MT NH RI VT AB BC
MB NF NS NT ON PQ SK YT
ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS :
ACAD GLAC ISRO LACL
BLM PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS :
8 Northern Rocky Mountains
KUCHLER PLANT ASSOCIATIONS :
NO-ENTRY
SAF COVER TYPES :
NO-ENTRY
SRM (RANGELAND) COVER TYPES :
NO-ENTRY
HABITAT TYPES AND PLANT COMMUNITIES :
NO-ENTRY
VALUE AND USE
SPECIES: Scirpus hudsonianus | Hudson's Bay Bulrush
WOOD PRODUCTS VALUE :
NO-ENTRY
IMPORTANCE TO LIVESTOCK AND WILDLIFE :
NO-ENTRY
PALATABILITY :
NO-ENTRY
NUTRITIONAL VALUE :
NO-ENTRY
COVER VALUE :
NO-ENTRY
VALUE FOR REHABILITATION OF DISTURBED SITES :
NO-ENTRY
OTHER USES AND VALUES :
NO-ENTRY
MANAGEMENT CONSIDERATIONS :
NO-ENTRY
BOTANICAL AND ECOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS
SPECIES: Scirpus hudsonianus | Hudson's Bay Bulrush
GENERAL BOTANICAL CHARACTERISTICS :
Hudson's Bay bulrush is a loosely tufted, native, perennial with slender
rhizomes. The culms are densely clustered on short, freely rooting
rhizomes and grow 4 to 16 inches (10-40 cm) tall. The fruit is a small
achene. At maturity, a silky, white tuft extends about 1 inch (1-2 cm)
beyond the end of the spikelet [4,9].
RAUNKIAER LIFE FORM :
Hemicryptophyte
Geophyte
REGENERATION PROCESSES :
Hudson's Bay bulrush reproduces by rhizomes and seed [2].
SITE CHARACTERISTICS :
Hudons's Bay bulrush grows in sphagnum or Carex bogs, in calcareous
regions of wet meadows and springs at low to mid elevations
[4,6,8,9,11]. It was reported at 3,780 feet (1,220 m) in Montana [8].
SUCCESSIONAL STATUS :
NO-ENTRY
SEASONAL DEVELOPMENT :
Hudson's Bay bulrush has mature fruit in June, July, and August [4,11].
FIRE ECOLOGY
SPECIES: Scirpus hudsonianus | Hudson's Bay Bulrush
FIRE ECOLOGY OR ADAPTATIONS :
NO-ENTRY
POSTFIRE REGENERATION STRATEGY :
Rhizomatous herb, rhizome in soil
FIRE EFFECTS
SPECIES: Scirpus hudsonianus | Hudson's Bay Bulrush
IMMEDIATE FIRE EFFECT ON PLANT :
NO-ENTRY
DISCUSSION AND QUALIFICATION OF FIRE EFFECT :
NO-ENTRY
PLANT RESPONSE TO FIRE :
NO-ENTRY
DISCUSSION AND QUALIFICATION OF PLANT RESPONSE :
NO-ENTRY
FIRE MANAGEMENT CONSIDERATIONS :
NO-ENTRY
REFERENCES
SPECIES: Scirpus hudsonianus | Hudson's Bay Bulrush
REFERENCES :
1. Bernard, Stephen R.; Brown, Kenneth F. 1977. Distribution of mammals,
reptiles, and amphibians by BLM physiographic regions and A.W. Kuchler's
associations for the eleven western states. Tech. Note 301. Denver, CO:
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network (PIN) data base: Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, Utah, and
Wyoming. FWS/OBS-83/86. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of the Interior,
Fish and Wildlife Service. 786 p. [806]
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