Single Record
Participant Info
- Species
- Schoenoplectus acutus [Scirpus acutus] [Schoenoplectus lacustris subsp. acutus]
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- CommonName
- tule, common tule, hardstem bulrush, viscid bulrush
- Presence
- yes
- Status
- EarliestDate
- 1929
- LatestDate
- 2025
- Ecosystem
- basin, shrubland, foothill, ruderal
- Geobotanical
- UBasin, LBasin
- Counties
- Alamosa, Rio Grande, Saguache
- Passes
- WildlifePreserves
- Baca, Monte Vista, Russell Lakes
- Other Localities
- Comments
- Common tule has been vouchered from the Watershed basins fairly frequently. The habitat varies from saline flats to sandy pond margins to roadside ditches. The fact that it can still be found in wildlife preserves and refuges (e.g., Russell Lakes, Monte Vista, La Baca) suggests that before agriculture and the draining of wetlands in the Valley, the species was probably much more wide spread. Schoenoplectus acutus is common in the USA western states and across the northern third of the nation, almost totally absent in the Deep South. It follows the Rio Grande drainage through New Mexico to the Big Bend country of Texas. Incidentally, the name "tule" is Aztec; Spaniards heard the Aztecs give Schoenoplectus acutus growing around Lake Texcoco that name, and later applied it to the same species in California.
- Annotation