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].

Related categories for Species: Scirpus hudsonianus | Hudson's Bay Bulrush