Common Three Square Bulrush

Schoenoplectus pungens

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Native to Louisiana (estimated). How scores work Is it native here?

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Height: Up to about 6 feet
Light: 4 or more hours of direct sun
Soil moisture: Moist to wet

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At a glance

Life cycle: Perennial

Not yet recorded · Spread · Leaves · Bloom

This plant is missing most of its facts, so Quercus is looking them up in old botany books.

Recorded in 9 Louisiana parishes.

Also found with this plant

Wildlife whose habitat models include habitats this plant grows in, in Louisiana. Shared habitat, not food. 89 animals.

Seaside Sparrow
Ammodramus maritimus
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Semipalmated Plover
Charadrius semipalmatus
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Short-eared Owl
Asio flammeus
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Snow Goose
Chen caerulescens
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Snowy Egret
Egretta thula
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Song Sparrow
Melospiza melodia
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Sora
Porzana carolina
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Spotted Sandpiper
Actitis macularius
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Swallow-tailed Kite
Elanoides forficatus
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Swamp Sparrow
Melospiza georgiana
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Tricolored Heron
Egretta tricolor
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Virginia Rail
Rallus limicola
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Western Sandpiper
Calidris mauri
Birds. 1 shared habitat
White-faced Ibis
Plegadis chihi
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Wilson's Plover
Charadrius wilsonia
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Wood Stork
Mycteria americana
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Yellow Rail
Coturnicops noveboracensis
Birds. 1 shared habitat

Widespread birds also seen here (18)

Found in many habitats here, so not listed above.

All wildlife of Louisiana

Ecological relationships

Who uses this plant?

What these records mean

11CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including LA

Genus host records with ranges including LA · Scirpus

Bactra furfuranaRush Bactra
Bactra verutanaJavelin Moth
Euphyes dionDion Skipper, Sedge Skipper
Globia oblongaOblong Sedge Borer Moth, Large Noagria
Ledaea perditalisLost Owlet, 3-Stripe Cephalanthus caterpillar, Buttonbush Owlet
Bactra maiorina
Cosmopterix attenuatella
Cosmopterix ebriola
Cosmopterix scirpicola
Donacaula dispersella

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Thopeutis forbesellus

Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)

0BeesSoutheastern regional records

0Specialist beesPollen specialists

7BirdsRecorded eating Schoenoplectus in Louisiana

Diet records by plant genus, from studies across North America. Not a record from this state. Birds whose range includes Louisiana, most records first.