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Cyperaceae
Sea club-rush
Bolboschoenus maritimus
Also known as Bolboschoenus maritimus, Saltmarsh bulrush, Coast bulrush, Schoenoplectus maritimus
Native Plants · Sedge · Marginal · Coastal · Wetland · Salt-Tolerant · Aquatic · Perennial · Rain-Garden · Bioswale · Wildlife
Sea club-rush is a tough, salt-tolerant marginal sedge that thrives in coastal wetlands, estuaries, and pond edges. Plant in full sun to partial shade with permanently wet or flooded soil, and it will establish with virtually no additional care. It is an outstanding choice for rain gardens, bioswales, and wildlife habitat restoration projects.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 6 hours
- Watering
- Water abundantly; tolerates and prefers saturated or brackish waterlogged conditions · Keep roots continuously moist; water every 2-4 days if not in standing water
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil pH
- 7.5–8
- Cycle
- Perennial
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Spacing
- 18 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Flowers
- No
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Afghanistan, Alaska, Albania, Alberta, Altay, Amur, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arizona, Assam, Austria, Azores, Baleares, Baltic States, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Brazil South, British Columbia
- Attracts
- Bees, Birds
Sources: trefle, usda
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