grey club-rush

English

great bulrush (Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani)

Noun

grey club-rush (countable and uncountable, plural grey club-rushes)

1. (chiefly UK, Ireland) Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani, a species of bulrush.
   • 2017 January 9, Dan Garner, Hillforts of the Cheshire Ridge, Archaeopress Publishing Ltd, →ISBN, page 253:

     The only other identifiable plant macrofossil present was a nutlet of club-rush that was morphologically most similar to grey club-rush (Schoenoplectus cf tabernaemontani). This form of club-rush is most often found near the sea, although it also grows in marshes and dune-slacks.

Synonyms

• softstem bulrush
• great bulrush

Translations

Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani — see great bulrush