is a genus of grass-like species in the sedge family.
Nutrient-rich, loamy-humic and slightly acidic substrate is ideal for most species. However, they are considered natural inhabitants of riverbanks or wetlands.
The species grow as perennial herbaceous plants, reaching growth heights of 30 to 200 cm, depending on the species. Some species form rhizomes (roots). The culms are solitary to many together. The culms are usually triangular and the leaves are grassy.
The wood clubrush (Scirpus sylvaticus) colonizes nutrient-rich swamps and fens, swelly clay soils, wet meadows and ditch margins, as well as riparian and marsh forests. In wet litter meadows it settles in the wettest places - it is therefore a wetness indicator.
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Another species - Scirpus lacustris that also grows in water , its culms have "air tubes" through which it directs air into the roots growing underwater.
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