Question: Roque Bluffs, brackish tidal inlet, plant roots in salt water at high tides. I'm fairly sure this is Bolboschoenus. I …
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Roque Bluffs, brackish tidal inlet, plant roots in salt water at high tides. I'm fairly sure this is Bolboschoenus. I gathered fertile leaves with spikelets and took some photos which I think show spreading veins on sheath, translucent floral scale and lentil-type achene. I'm not sure I've figured out the right parts, though. Are the threads dry anthers? I'll make a guess at the species, B.maritimus ssp. paludosus. I'd like to know what it is.
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Carol, great images, thank you for having a selection of them to view. Yes, Bolboschoenus maritimus subsp. paludosus is exactly what I would call this plant. It is our most common brackish water tuber-bulrush.
