''Scirpus georgianus'', or Georgia bulrush, is a
flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. They include all forbs (flowering plants without a woody stem), grasses and grass-like plants, a vast majority of ...
in the family
Cyperaceae
The Cyperaceae are a family of graminoid (grass-like), monocotyledonous flowering plants known as sedges. The family is large, with some 5,500 known species described in about 90 genera, the largest being the "true sedges" genus '' Carex'' ...
that grows in much of the eastern half of North America.
Its habitat is wet marshy field areas prone to seasonal flooding.
It was described by
Roland McMillan Harper.
It is sometimes confused with ''
Scirpus hattorianus
''Scirpus'' is a genus of grass-like species in the sedge family Cyperaceae many with the common names club-rush, wood club-rush or bulrush (see also bulrush for other plant genera so-named). They mostly inhabit wetlands and damp locations.
Taxo ...
''.
[
]
References
{{Taxonbar, from=Q15560527
georgianus
Plants described in 1900