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Bolboschoenus maritimus (L.) Palla

Synonyms

Reigera maritima, Schoenoplectus maritimus, Scirpus maritimus

Common names

Alkali bulrush, bayonet-grass, purua grass, saltmarsh tuber-bulrush, seaside bulrush

Extract from Wikipedia article

Bolboschoenus 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 seaside wetland habitats over much of the world. It is widespread across much of temperate and subtropical Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America and various islands.

Alkali bulrush (Bolboschoenus maritimus) in a silty depression near Al Nuaman (Numan). North-western Qatar, January 16, 2016
Unnamed Road, Qatar

Spikelet of alkali bulrush (Bolboschoenus maritimus) in a silty depression near Al Nuaman (Numan). North-western Qatar, January 16, 2016
Unnamed Road, Qatar

Flowers of alkali bulrush (Bolboschoenus maritimus) in a silty depression in Al Numan (Naim tribe, Nuaman, Nuaimiya). Northern Qatar, January 29, 2016
Unnamed Road, Qatar

Spikelets of alkali bulrush (Bolboschoenus maritimus) in a silty depression in Al Numan (Naim tribe, Nuaman, Nuaimiya). Northern Qatar, January 29, 2016
Unnamed Road, Qatar

Plant of alkali bulrush (Bolboschoenus maritimus) in a silty depression in Al Numan (Naim tribe, Nuaman, Nuaimiya). Northern Qatar, January 29, 2016
Unnamed Road, Qatar

Links

• Flora of Qatar.
• Unknown plants or plants without names.
• Duplicate and extra pictures of plants.
• Earlier version of collection of plants.
• Other collections of pictures from Qatar: Lizards of Qatar, Cats of Qatar, Camels of Qatar, and Fish of Qatar.
• Picture archives.
• Home page of A. Sergeev.

Outside links

• Bolboschoenus maritimus, Wikipedia article
• Bolboschoenus maritimus from www.catalogueoflife.org
• Ekhlas M. M. Abdel Bary, The Flora of Qatar, Volume I: The Dicotyledons. Doha 2012
• Flora of Qatar, Volume II: The Monocotyledons
• Illustrated Checklist of the Flora of Qatar. John Norton et al. 2009
• Qatar eNature. Flora
• Ali Al-Rawi, Flowering plants of Kuwait, 1985
• Plants of Kuwait
• Flora of Saudi Arabia, Al-Qassim Region
• Flora of Eastern Saudi Arabia by Rain and Dust at Flickr
• Plants of South-Western Morocco
• Pictures from Qatar (Flickr/cpmkutty)
• Arabian plants by Gary Brown
• Flora of Israel

How the web page was created

• A list of plants with their common names was written using online sources and books.
• Web pages were written by a program consisting of several scripts.
• Full names, synonyms, and classification of plants were found online from catalogueoflife.org and theplantlist.org using a script.
• Pictures of plants were selected from a database using a script.
• This web page was written using a script.

Acknowledgements

QNHG (Qatar Natural History Group) and associated people, for a possibility to participate in their field excursions and to learn about local nature.