Scirpus pendulus Muhl.
Pendulous bulrush, rufous bulrush, nodding bulrush
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Scirpus lineatus auct. non Michx.
6/30/2025 · Buck's Ledge Community Forest, Bethel, Maine · ≈ 5 × 4″ (13 × 9.9 cm) 
6/30/2025 · Buck's Ledge Community Forest, Bethel, Maine · ≈ 6 × 9″ (14 × 22 cm) 
| Kingdom | Plantae | Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae (from Stearn's Botanical Latin) |
| Subkingdom | Tracheobionta | Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients |
| Division | Magnoliophyta | Flowering plants, also known as angiosperms |
| Class | Liliopsida | Monocots (plants with a single seed leaf); includes the lily family |
| Subclass | Commelinidae | Dayflowers and spiderworts, and several others |
| Order | Cyperales | Flowering plants including grasses |
| Family | Cyperaceae | Sedge family |
| Genus | Scirpus | A Latin name Pliny used for “rush or bulrush” |
| Species | pendulus | Hanging down, from the Latin pendere, “to suspend”, the -ulus suffix indicating a tendency or action |
Scirpus pendulus description by Thomas H. Kent, not updated.
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