Bolboschoenus maritimus

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Bolboschoenus maritimus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Bolboschoenus
Species: B. maritimus
Binomial name
Bolboschoenus maritimus
(L.) Palla

Bolboschoenus maritimus (syn. Schoenoplectus maritimus, Scirpus maritimus) is a species of flowering plant from family Cyperaceae. Common names for this species include sea clubrush, cosmopolitan bulrush, alkali bulrush, saltmarsh bulrush, and bayonet grass. It is found in wetland habitats all over the world.

Ray Mears in his television program Wild Food suggested that this bulrush might have been used by hunter gatherers for food.

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