Distribution: Worldwide

Synonym:  Scirpus tabernaemontani C. C. Gmelin

Habitat: Freshwater of brackish water, shores, marshes

Recognition:  Very large, can be 10' tall. Stem round. Leaf blades > 2 cm.  Perianth parts 6;  spikelets often orangish and spotted.  Schoenoplectus californicus also has a predominantly round stem, but S. californicus becomes triangular at the top and has 2-4 perianth parts, and leaf blades < 2 cm or absent.