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Bulrush
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Bulrush (Typha latifolia)
Bulrush, was originally called Common Reedmace, but the name
"Bulrush" was so often misapplied that is now the accepted common
name. Bulrush is a sturdy, imposing plant growing in solitary
stems up to 3m tall. The stems are sheathed by narrow sword
shaped leaves, which usually emerge from below the water level.
Its distinctive flower spikes is composed of tiny densely packed
flowers in conspicuous sausage-shaped 18-30 mm spikes. These
'explode' releasing around a quarter of a million plumed seeds
to be dispersed on the wind. Bulrush grows in the shallow waters
of fens and in silted up bog holes throughout Northern Ireland.
Click here to view a distribution map of the Bulrush in
Northern Ireland.
