Tufted Clubrush, Scirpus cespitosus (Trichophorum cespitosum)
Range: It is common throughout the
country.
Climate, elevation: Found from gravely shores
to wet tundra.
Local occurrence: Common in the Pacific North
West coast and mountains.
Habitat preferences: It is found in bogs,
gravely coast, or wet tundra. Often found in the dryer area of a bog that is
regularly burned.
Plant strategy
type/successional stage:
This plant is a hearty sedge that comes from a short
rhizome.
Associated species: Related to American
bulrush, which I more common at lower elevations
May be collected as: Seed or by splitting apart
a tussock of rhizomes.
Collection restrictions or
guidelines:
Seeds can be collected as a seed-like achene in July- August.
Seed germination: No dormancy breaking or
stratification requirements
Seed life: Can be dried and stored
Recommended
seed storage conditions: Dried and stored in cold place
Propagation recommendations: can be propagated by seed,
but easiest to separate a clump of them.
Soil or medium requirements: Coarse material with peat,
to simulate a bog.
Installation form: After propagating from seed
or rhizomes it is easiest to install from small pots into a wet environment.
Recommended planting density: Should not be to dense, as the rhizome will send up new shoots.
Illustration by Jeanne R. Janish,
From 'Vascular Plants of the
Care requirements after
installed: If
in a sufficiently wet area, all it will require is weed suppression while it
establishes.
Normal rate of growth or
spread; lifespan: This
is not known to be a quickly spreading plant, but once it establishes the dense
rhizomes will suppress invasives.
Sources
cited
http://plants.nrcs.usda.gov/cgi_bin/topics.cgi?earl=plant_attribute.cgi&symbol=TRCA30
http://www.ipcc.ie/bicresourcespr3.html
http://nhp.nris.state.mt.us/plants/illust/sid990i.pdf
Pojar J., McKinnon A.,1994 Plants of
the Pacific Northwest, B.C. Ministry of Forests and Lone
Data compiled by: Josh Hegarty 5/06