Scirpus sylvaticus


Scirpus sylvaticus is a species of flowering plant in the sedge family. It is known by common name: wood clubrush.
Scirpus sylvaticus can be a tall plant of 1 metre in height with triangular stems.
S. sylvaticus widespread in Eurasia, is very common in the European part of Russia and in Southern Siberia. It is most often a coastal species, occurring in wet habitat such as marshes in brackish and saltwater, along swamps, along the banks of water bodies, in marshy forests and in wet meadows. It is a perennial herb growing from a rhizome system with associated tubers.
This plant is an important food source for waterfowl. The seeds are food for birds and other animals, such as muskrats.