softstem rush

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English

softstem rush (Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani)

Noun

softstem rush (plural softstem rushes)

  1. A plant of the species Juncus effusus, a type of true rush found worldwide.
    Synonyms: soft rush, common rush, lamp rush, bog rush
    • 1947, Southeastern Association of Game and Fish Commissioners, Proceedings of the Southeastern Association of Game and Fish Commissioners‎, page 90:
      Toe cover that develops is usually broad-leaved cattail, softstem rush (Juncus effusus), wool-grass (Scirpus eriophorum), switch-cane (Arundinaria tecta) and plume-grass (Erianthus spp.).
    • 1987, Mary K. Clark, Endangered, Threatened, and Rare Fauna of North Carolina, page 22:
       […] it is relatively common in recent clearcuts and stands of Cane (Arundinaria gigantea) and Softstem Rush (Juncus effusus) but relatively uncommon in mature pine and hardwood forests.
  2. A plant of the species Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani, a type of bulrush or sedge native to the northern hemisphere. (Can we verify(+) this sense?)
    Synonyms: softstem bulrush, great bulrush, grey club-rush, Scirpus validus
    • 1963, Karen Daniels Petersen, Chippewa Mat-weaving Techniques, U.S. Government Printing Office:
      For the large rectangular mat, the bulrush or rush, as Scirpus validus Vahl., is concurred in by Densmore (1928, pp. 293, 295, 378), Gilmore (1933, p. 124), Kinietz and Jones (1942, p. 525), and Smith (1932, p. 418). In contrast to this soft-stem rush, the hard-stem variety, Scirpus acutus Muhl., was found for the mat in this study.
    • 1967, Wm. S Eisenlahr, Jr., Charles E. Sloan, “GENERALIZED HYDROLOGY OF PRAIRIE POTHOLES ON THE COTEAU DU MISSOURI, NORTH DAKOTA”, in Geological Survey Circular, volumes 540-570, USGS:
      Spike rush [Eleocharis palustris) and soft-stem bulrush [Scirpus validus] were destroyed by flood with over 15 inches of water in 3 years

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