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Scirpus

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Noun1.Scirpus - rhizomatous perennial grasslike herbsScirpus - rhizomatous perennial grasslike herbs
liliopsid genus, monocot genus - genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed
Cyperaceae, family Cyperaceae, sedge family - bulrush; chufa; cotton grass; papyrus; umbrella plant
hardstem bulrush, hardstemmed bulrush, Scirpus acutus - widely distributed North American sedge having rigid olive green stems
Scirpus cyperinus, wool grass - sedge of eastern North America having numerous clustered woolly spikelets


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Typha is often confused with other plants species also known as scirpus.
Humboldt's willow (Salix humboldtiana), Cockspur coral tree (Erythrina crista-galli), and Sapium hematospermum grow on the levees, and several species of bulrush (Scirpus giganteus, Schoenoplectus californicus, Scirpus americanus, and Typha sp.
The species of the adjacent ridges are not found due to the poor drainage conditions, instead, hygrophilous species like Puccinellia glaucescens, Scirpus californicus, Cynodon dactylon and others are frequent in these areas.
 
 
 
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