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Posted: Oct/27/2007 2:28 PM PST
This is the flower. Attachments:  |
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Posted: Oct/27/2007 3:37 PM PST
Is your plant from Ontario by any chance? |
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Posted: Oct/27/2007 3:58 PM PST
Are you asking if it is native to Ontario? |
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Posted: Oct/27/2007 4:03 PM PST
Quote: Originally posted by bensmom98 Are you asking if it is native to Ontario?Tell the truth I'm not sure. I saw a wild flower which looked like yours. & in the info. section is written wild flower/Ontario.I'll go back look for the name. 
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Posted: Oct/27/2007 4:10 PM PST
I saw a "Cyprus-like sedge" Should have asked you if it is a sedge or is it in the sedge family? Eit: Sedge family = Cyperaceae Sorry to keep editing. |
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Posted: Oct/27/2007 4:18 PM PST
Yes it is in the sedge family. 
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Posted: Oct/27/2007 4:20 PM PST
Quote: Originally posted by bensmom98 Yes it is in the sedge family. Your not the only one who is ! Sheesh. Now off to figure out what it is.
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Posted: Oct/27/2007 9:25 PM PST
Scirpus californicus California Bulrush ???? Attachments:  |
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Posted: Oct/28/2007 6:58 AM PST
It is a bulrush. You have the wrong region though. 
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Posted: Oct/28/2007 8:34 AM PST
Scirpus ancistrochaetus - Family: Cyperaceae (Sedge Family) Common Names: barbed-bristle bulrush, Northeastern bulrush, Northern bulrush Growth Habit: Perennial This leafy bulrush in the sedge family is currently known only from about 60 populations scattered from New Hampshire and Massachusetts, south to West Virginia. An obligate wetland plant, Scirpus ancistrochaetus grows in shallow water along the margins of sinkhole ponds (in the south), beaver ponds, sandplain depressions, backwater ponds in river floodplains, a boggy marsh, and even a wet depression on a mountaintop rocky bald -- broadly described as "low areas of hilly country" (Massachusetts Natural Heritage and Endangered Species Program 1992). Sandstone or sand appears to be its favored substrate, and sites tend to share the common feature of a fluctuating water level. Although it is everywhere rare (with populations mostly under a few dozen stems), several new discoveries have been made with increased inventorying and an improved understanding of the habitat features with which it is commonly associated. Research and Management Summary: Several recent field studies of Scirpus ancistrochaetus have revealed much about its ecology and habitat associations. Extensive field surveys have turned up a number of new populations, and monitoring efforts are ongoing in a number of states. Plant Description: Scirpus ancistrochaetus is a tall (to 1.2 m) bulrush with leaves from 3 to 8 mm wide. Its short, woody rhizomes give rise to a flowering stem in in mid-June to mid-July, with a drooping flower head bearing dark, chocolate-brown florets with broad bracts. Each floret has six rigid bristles ending in recurved, sharp-pointed barbs -- the source of its Latin name, ancistrochaetus, meaning "hooked hairs." The 1.1-1.3 mm-long dry, one-seeded fruits (achenes) ripen in late summer. Habitat Scirpus ancistrochaetus is described from a variety of wetlands along its extensive range. In the north, the species is found most commonly on the edge of shallow beaver ponds (Royte and Lortie 2000) where water levels vary depending on animal activity. One population occurs on an inland sandplain in Massachusetts, in a depression that periodically fills with groundwater. In the south, the taxon occurs often in sinkhole ponds that form in sandstone bedrock at intermediate elevations around 200 to 500 meters (somewhat higher elevations in the Virginias). Plants at all sites occur around the margins of ponds in 8 to 40 cm of standing water (in wet years). In a study comparing Pennsylvania wetlands that support Scirpus ancistrochaetus with nearby ponds that did not, researchers found that Scirpus ponds were typically larger (> 400 square meters), more free of forest canopy cover, higher in exchangeable (> 7 ppm), and higher in pH (Lentz and Dunson 1999). Scirpus ancistrochaetus is found in the Connecticut River Valley of New Hampshire and Vermont, and north-central Massachusetts. Although once reported from New York and Quebec, the species is now considered historic in both places. The species next pops up in interior Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia (Schuyler 1962, USFWS 1991 & 1993, Royte and Lortie 2000, NatureServe 2001). Number Left Precise numbers of populations of Scirpus ancistrochaetus are unknown, and others may yet be discovered. Approximately 50 to 60 sites are recorded. Because plants are clonal and population sizes also vary widely among years, estimating the global population is problematic. |
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