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woolgrass
Scirpus cyperinus
29 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
stalked bulrushScirpus pedicellatus
Black-girdle BulrushScirpus atrocinctus
nodding bulrushScirpus pendulus
Panicled BulrushScirpus microcarpus
wool grassAnthephora pubescens
dark green bulrushScirpus atrovirens
soft-stemmed bulrushSchoenoplectus tabernaemontani
Soft RushJuncus effusus
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 16,591 |
|---|---|
| Canada | 5,496 |
| Ontario | 3,344 |
| New York | 2,212 |
| Michigan | 1,317 |
| Virginia | 1,002 |
| Pennsylvania | 874 |
| Ohio | 831 |
| Massachusetts | 743 |
| Maryland | 680 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Classification
| Kingdom | Plants · Plantae |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Vascular Plants · Tracheophyta |
| Class | monocots · Liliopsida |
| Order | grasses, sedges, cattails, and allies · Poales |
| Family | Sedges · Cyperaceae |
| Genus | Scirpus Bulrushes · Scirpus |
Study it in a deck
- Grasses of New Hampshire, United States
- Plants of Charleston County, South Carolina, United States
- Summer Grasses of Maryland
Or build your own from the species near you.
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise woolgrass with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.