Scientific name: | Scirpus maritimus L. | |
Synonym name: | Bolboschoenus maritimus (L.) Palla, Scirpus tuberosus Desf. | |
Common name: | Cosmopolitan bulrush, Prairie Rush, Sea Clubrush, Alkalai bulrush | |
Hebrew name: | אגמון ימי | |
Plant Family: | Cyperaceae, גמאיים |
Location: Netanya, the Dora rain pool |
Life form: | Helophyte | |
Leaves: | Alternate, entire, smooth | |
Flowers: | Brown | |
Flowering Period: | March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October | |
Habitat: | Humid habitats | |
Distribution: | Mediterranean Woodlands and Shrublands, Semi-steppe shrublands, Deserts and extreme deserts, Montane vegetation of Mt. Hermon | |
Chorotype: | Med - Irano-Turanian | |
Summer shedding: | Perennating |
Location: Netanya, the Dora rain pool Derivation of the botanical name: Scirpus, the Latin name for "bulrush". maritimus, maritim, "of the sea"; on the sea-coast Bolboschoenus, Greek bolbos, a bulb; schoenos, a rush, reed, in reference to the presence of corms. tuberosus, producing tubers, or swollen into a tuber. The Hebrew name: אגמון, agmon, from אגם, agam, lake, pool, pond; marshland; reeds (growing on a lake-shore).
Most Scirpus maritimus has three rows of leaves, and sheaths with united edges (vs. overlapping sheaths of grasses). Scirpus maritimus inflorescence is an open umbel, cluster of spikelets or solitary spikelet. Location: Netanya, the Dora rain pool |