Participant Info

Species

Bolboschoenus maritimus [Rigiera maritima] [Schoenoplectus maritimus] [Scirpus maritimus]

Family

Cyperaceae

CommonName

alkali bulrush, sea clubrush, cosmopolitan, saltmarsh bulrush, bayonet grass

Presence

yes

Status

native

EarliestDate

1935

LatestDate

2015

Ecosystem

basin, urban

Geobotanical

UBasin, LBasin

Counties

Alamosa

Passes

WildlifePreserves

Alamosa, Blanca Wetlands

Other Localities

Alamosa (town)

PhotoRecords

Comments

NEED IN SITU PHOTOS. Remarkably, alkali bulrush has been vouchered from only a few locations in the Watrshed, all in Alamosa Co: the Alamosa Wildlife Refuge (1975), in the town of Alamosa (1952), the Blanca Wetlands (2015); there is also a Francis Ramaley collection just labeled "Alamosa" (1935). Bolboschoenus maritimus grows in salt and alkali marshes, and it is likely that this sedge was much more common in the Watershed basins before farming and pasturing drained most of them. The species has a world-wide presence, in Eurasian, Africa, and South America. In the USA, it is found in all stats except Wisconsin and the Deep South. It follows the Rio Grande drainage through New Mexico and Texas to the Gulf of Mexico.

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