Scirpus atrovirens

Species category

Weed

Common name

dark-green bulrush, green bulrush

Diagnostic characters

Planting unit

AcheneAchene:
A dry, hard, one-chambered, one-seeded indehiscent fruit, as in buckwheat (Fagopyrum) or sunflower (Helianthus). The fruit wall is not united with the seed coat.

Shape

ObovateObovate:
Inverted egg shaped with apical end the broadest.

Size

  • Length 0.8–1 mm
  • Width 0.5–0.7 mm
  • Thickness 0.4–0.6 mm

Color

Light brown

Texture

Rough

Other structures

AchenesAchene:
A dry, hard, one-chambered, one-seeded indehiscent fruit, as in buckwheat (Fagopyrum) or sunflower (Helianthus). The fruit wall is not united with the seed coat.
often have bristly hairs from the base.

Identification notes

AchenesAchene:
A dry, hard, one-chambered, one-seeded indehiscent fruit, as in buckwheat (Fagopyrum) or sunflower (Helianthus). The fruit wall is not united with the seed coat.
have one totally flat side and a side with two flat surfaces separated by a ridge.

Noxious weed seed categories

Not listed

AOSA examination list

Not included

Nomenclature

Family

Cyperaceae

Valid name

Scirpus atrovirens Willd.

 Scirpus atrovirens.  Achenes that have one totally flat side and a side with two flat surfaces separated by a ridge.
Scirpus atrovirens. Achenes that have one totally flat side and a side with two flat surfaces separated by a ridge.