Common Three Square Bulrush

Schoenoplectus pungens

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Native to Mississippi (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 3 Mississippi counties.

Also found with this plant

Wildlife whose habitat models include habitats this plant grows in, in Mississippi. Shared habitat, not food. 105 animals.

Black Skimmer
Rynchops niger
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Black-bellied Plover
Pluvialis squatarola
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
Dendrocygna autumnalis
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Blue-headed Vireo
Vireo solitarius
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Brown Pelican
Pelecanus occidentalis
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Eastern Brown Pelican
Pelecanus occidentalis carolinensis
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Field Sparrow
Spizella pusilla
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Gray Kingbird
Tyrannus dominicensis
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Great-tailed Grackle
Quiscalus mexicanus
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Greater Scaup
Aythya marila
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Greater Yellowlegs
Tringa melanoleuca
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Laughing Gull
Leucophaeus atricilla
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Le Conte's Sparrow
Ammodramus leconteii
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Little Gull
Hydrocoloeus minutus
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Long-billed Dowitcher
Limnodromus scolopaceus
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Marbled Godwit
Limosa fedoa
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Merlin
Falco columbarius
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Stelgidopteryx serripennis
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Prairie Warbler
Dendroica discolor
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Purple Martin
Progne subis
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Reddish Egret
Egretta rufescens
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Redhead
Aythya americana
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Rusty Blackbird
Euphagus carolinus
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Sanderling
Calidris alba
Birds. 1 shared habitat

Widespread birds also seen here (27)

Found in many habitats here, so not listed above.

All wildlife of Mississippi

Ecological relationships

Who uses this plant?

What these records mean

12CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including MS

Genus host records with ranges including MS · 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
Neonympha areolataGeorgia Satyr, Helicta Satyr
Neonympha mitchelliiMitchell's Satyr
Bactra maiorina
Cosmopterix attenuatella
Cosmopterix ebriola

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Cosmopterix scirpicola
Donacaula dispersella

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

0BeesSoutheastern regional records

0Specialist beesPollen specialists

7BirdsRecorded eating Schoenoplectus in Mississippi

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