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Schoenoplectus validus (Scirpus validus)Photograph(s) by*: PLANTS 1995
Characteristics
Height: 6-10'
Flowers: Jun.-Sept.; brown
Fruit: Jun.-Sept.; brown; achene (dry, flat seed)
Conditions *
Light: 
Moisture: Wet
Soil pH:
Soil type: Clay Loamy Sandy
Flood depth: 0-12"
Salinity: 0-5 ppt
Habitat
fresh and brackish tidal and nontidal marshes, shores; margins of ponds, quiet waters; deep emergent marsh, shallow emergent marsh
Native to
Region: Coastal Piedmont
Mountain *
States:
Wildlife
*
high wildlife value
Notes
spreads rapidly; tolerates salinity to 5 ppt
Publication by USFWS BayScapes Conservation Landscaping Program
http://www.nps.gov/plants/pubs/chesapeake/plant/6075.htm
Last updated: 1 October 2004