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Blysmopsis rufa
Bolboschoenus maritimus subsp. paludosus
Cladium mariscoides
Dulichium arundinaceum
Eleocharis acicularis
Eleocharis elliptica
Eleocharis kamtschatica
Eleocharis nitida
Eleocharis ovata
Eleocharis palustris
Eleocharis parvula
Eleocharis quinqueflora
Eleocharis uniglumis [= Eleocharis halophila]
Eriophorum angustifolium subsp. angustifolium
Eriophorum brachyantherum var. brachyantherum
Eriophorum callitrix
Eriophorum gracile
Eriophorum x medium subsp. medium
Eriophorum russeolum subsp. leiocarpum [non E. chamissonis]
Eriophorum russeolum subsp. russeolum [non E. chamissonis]
Eriophorum scheuchzeri subsp. scheuchzeri
Eriophorum tenellum
Eriophorum vaginatum subsp. spissum
Eriophorum virginicum
Eriophorum viridicarinatum
Kobresia myosuroides
Kobresia simpliciuscula
Rhynchospora alba
Rhynchospora capillacea
Rhynchospora fusca
Schoenoplectus acutus var. acutus
Schoenoplectus pungens var. pungens
Schoenoplectus subterminalis
Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani
Scirpus atrocinctus
Scirpus atrovirens
Scirpus cyperinus
Scirpus hattorianus
Scirpus microcarpus
Trichophorum alpinum
Trichophorum cespitosum

Blysmopsis rufa (Huds.) Oteng-Yeboah  -  Red Clubrush - [NF]

St. Paul's, Newfoundland. Just north of highway bridge. Gravel pit near beach. Brackish pools. July 20, 2002. [Digital - John Maunder]

Flowering Head, Closeup
Flowering Stems

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Bolboschoenus maritimus (L.) Palla subsp. paludosus (A. Nelson) Á. & D. Löve  -  Saltmarsh Bulrush - [NF - RARE]

Dildo Run Saltmarsh *, just south of L. R. Curtis Causeway, Newfoundland. Opposite Cottle's Island Lumber Company sawmill. July 17, 2001. [Digital - John Maunder]

Closeup of Flowering Head
Whole Plants in Habitat

Dildo Run Saltmarsh *, just south of L. R. Curtis Causeway, Newfoundland. Opposite Cottle's Island Lumber Company sawmill. July 17, 2001. [Transparencies - Nathalie Djan-Chékar]

Flowering Head
Whole Plants in Habitat

Gambo, Newfoundland. Salt marsh. July 22, 2007. [Digital - John Maunder]

Flowering Head
Flowering Head
Flowering Heads

Shoal Point, Port au Port Peninsula, Newfoundland. July 24, 1999. [Transparency - Rene Charést]

Flowering Head

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Dulichium arundinaceum (L.) Britton  -  Threeway Sedge - [NF]

La Manche Provincial Park, Newfoundland. Edge of pond. August 16, 2005. [Digital - John Maunder]

Inflorescence
Inflorescence
Inflorescence
Inflorescence with aphid

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Eleocharis acicularis (L.) Roem. & Schult.  -  Needle Spikerush - [NF - RARE, LAB]

Spaniard's Bay, Newfoundland. Below "The Gorge". River gravels. August 8, 2004. [Digital - John Maunder]

Spikelets
Spikelets
Spikelets
Whole Plant [stranded]

Conception Bay North Bypass Highway, at Spaniard's Bay Junction, Newfoundland. Rich pond on off-ramp. August 22, 2004. [Digital - John Maunder]

Spikelet
Spikelets

Conception Bay North Bypass Highway, at Spaniard's Bay Junction, Newfoundland. Rich pond on off-ramp. September 1, 2003. [Digital - John Maunder]

Flowering Stems
Flowering Stems
Flowering Stems
Flowering Stems

North River, Conception Bay, Newfoundland. Snow's Pond. Edge of pond. September 11, 2005. [Digital - John Maunder]

Spikelet
Spikelet
Spikelet and Leaves

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Eleocharis elliptica Kunth  -  Capitate Spikerush - [NF]

Red Cliff, west of Grand Falls, Newfoundland. Exploits River floodplain. Sandy gravels. July 19, 2004. [Digital - John Maunder]

Spikelet
Spikelets
Whole Plants

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Eleocharis cf. kamtschatica [but, possibly, just a robust form of Eleocharis uniglumis (Link) Schult.] [final identification pending]  -  Kamtschatka Spikerush - [NF, LAB]

South River, Conception Bay, Newfoundland. Outlet of "the Upper Motion". Weakly tidal. Some salt influence. Edge of water. May 28, 2006. [Digital - John Maunder]

Spikelet
Spikelet
Spikelet
Spikelet
Spikelets
Fertile Stems
Fertile Stems

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Eleocharis nitida Fernald  -  Neat Spikerush - [NF - RARE]

Baie Verte Highway, just north of Burlington Junction, Newfoundland. Edge of rich pond. Some ultramafic rock influence. July 23, 2004. [Digital - John Maunder]

Spikelets
Spikelets
Spikelets
Spikelets

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Eleocharis palustris (L.) Roem. & Schult.  -  Creeping Spikerush, Small's Spikerush - [NF, LAB]

St. John's, Newfoundland. Torbay Road. Arterial Road cloverleaf. Damp swale. July 13-16, 2006. [Digital - John Maunder]

Spikelet
Spikelet
Spikelet
Spikelets
Spikelets
Spikelets
Fertile Stems
Fertile Stems
Plants in Habitat

Burgeo, Newfoundland. Sandbanks Provincial Park. Shallow pools in marshy area. July 15, 2002. [Digital - John Maunder]

Spikelet
Whole Plants in Habitat

Grand Falls, Newfoundland. Rushy Pond. Beothuk Park. In pond. July 30, 2006. [Digital - John Maunder]

Spikelet
Spikelet
Spikelet
Plants in Habitat

Whitbourne, Newfoundland. Junction Pond. In pond. August 27, 2005. [Digital - John Maunder]

Spikelet
Spikelet
Spikelets
Spikelets
Spikelet with aphid

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Eleocharis parvula (Roem. and Schult.) Link ex Bluff, Nees, and Schauer  -  Dwarf Spikerush - [NF, LAB]

Cape Freels, Newfoundland. Salt marsh. July 23, 2006. [Digital - John Maunder]

Spikelet
Spikelets
Spikelets
Spikelets
Fertile Stems

Dildo Run Saltmarsh, just south of L. R. Curtis Causeway, Newfoundland. Opposite Cottle's Island Lumber Company sawmill. July 26, 2006. [Digital - John Maunder]

Fertile Stems
Fertile Stems
Fertile Stems

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Eleocharis quinqueflora (Hartmann) O. Schwarz  -  Fewflowered Spikerush - [NF - RARE, LAB]

Port au Choix National Park, Newfoundland. Walking Trail near Interpretation Centre. Muddy brook below small bridge. Limestone area. July 17, 2003. [Digital - John Maunder]

Spikelet
Spikelet
Spikelets
Whole Plants

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Eleocharis uniglumis (Link) Schult. [= Eleocharis halophila (Fernald and Brackett) Fernald and Brackett]  -  Onescale Spikerush - [NF, LAB]

Windmill Bight, Cape Freels, Newfoundland. Sandy beach. Tidal shore. July 23, 2006. [Digital - John Maunder]

Spikelet
Spikelet
Fertile Stems

Cape Freels, Newfoundland. Saltmarsh. July 23, 2006. [Digital - John Maunder]

Spikelet
Spikelet
Spikelet
Spikelet
Fertile Stems
Fertile Stems

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Eriophorum angustifolium Honckeny subsp. angustifolium  -  Tall Cottongrass - [NF, LAB]

Cape St. Francis, Newfoundland. Coaker's Gulch. Coastal heath. Damp. August 15, 2005. [Digital - John Maunder]

Inflorescence
Inflorescence

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Eriophorum brachyantherum Trautv. & C. A. Meyer var. brachyantherum  -  Close-sheathed Cottongrass - [NF, LAB]

Cartwright, Labrador. Radar Base Hill. Disturbed peaty seepage, below old radar base site. August 2, 2003. [Digital - John Maunder]

Inflorescence
Inflorescence
Plants in [disturbed] Habitat

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Eriophorum russeolum Fries in Hartman subsp. russeolum [non E. chamissonis]  -  Russet Cottongrass - [NF, LAB]

Cook's Harbour Road, Newfoundland. South of old airport. Roadside ditch. July 21, 2002. [Digital - John Maunder]

Inflorescence, Closeup
Inflorescence
Inflorescence
Whole Plants in Habitat

About 16.6 km east of Red Bay, Labrador. Along Trans-Labrador Highway. Soggy moss fen. July 29, 2003. [Digital - John Maunder]

Inflorescence
Inflorescence
Inflorescence
Plants in Habitat

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Eriophorum vaginatum L. subsp. spissum (Fernald) Hultén  -  Hare’s Tail, Tussock Cottongrass - [NF, LAB]

Makinsons, Newfoundland. Turk's Water woods road. Bog. June 14, 2003. [Digital - John Maunder]

Inflorescence
Inflorescence

Conception Bay North Bypass Highway, at Spaniard's Bay Junction, Newfoundland. Boggy area. June 20, 2004. [Digital - John Maunder]

Flowering Head
Flowering Head
Whole Plant

Caribou Island, Battle Harbour, Labrador. Coastal heath. July 30, 2003. [Digital - John Maunder]

Whole Plant

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Eriophorum virginicum L.  -  Tawny Cottongrass - [NF, LAB]

Bay Roberts North, Newfoundland. Coastal trail. Grassy heath. August 3, 2002. [Digital - John Maunder]

Flowering Head
Flowering Head
Flowering Head
Flowering Heads
Flowering Head
Flowering Head
Whole Plants in Habitat

Cape St. Francis, Newfoundland. Lighthouse Road. Edge of woods, near rich fen. August 24, 2003. [Digital - John Maunder]

Inflorescence
Inflorescence
Inflorescence

Cape Spear Road, near St. John's, Newfoundland. Freshwater Bay Trail. Edge of rich fen. September 4, 2006. [Digital - John Maunder]

Inflorescence
Inflorescence
Inflorescence
Inflorescence

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Eriophorum viridicarinatum (Engelm.) Fernald  -  Thinleaf Cottongrass - [NF, LAB]

Wild Cove Brook, Humber Arm, Newfoundland. Rich fen. August 7, 2003. [Digital - John Maunder]

Inflorescence
Inflorescence
Inflorescence

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Rhynchospora alba (L.) Vahl  -  White Beakrush - [NF, LAB]

Seal Cove, Conception Bay, Newfoundland. Opposite entrance to hydro plant. Rich fen-bog. August 4, 2004. [Digital - John Maunder]

Inflorescence

Cape St. Francis, Newfoundland. Lighthouse Road. Rich fen-bog. August 24, 2003. [Digital - John Maunder]

Inflorescence
Inflorescence
Inflorescence
Inflorescence
Inflorescence

Cape St. Francis, Newfoundland. Lighthouse Road. Rich fen-bog. September 1, 2004. [Digital - John Maunder]

Inflorescence

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Rhynchospora fusca (L.) W.T. Aiton  -  Brown Beakrush - [NF]

Little Soldier's Pond, just west of Foxtrap Junction on Trans Canada Highway, Newfoundland. Boggy fen. July 16, 2005. [Digital - John Maunder]

Spikelets
Inflorescence
Inflorescence
Fertile Stem

Little Soldier's Pond, just west of Foxtrap Junction on Trans Canada Highway, Newfoundland. Boggy fen. August 4, 2004. [Digital - John Maunder]

Flowering Heads

Seal Cove, Conception Bay, Newfoundland. Opposite entrance to hydro plant. Boggy fen. August 4, 2004. [Digital - John Maunder]

Flowering Head
Flowering Head

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Schoenoplectus acutus (Muhl. ex Bigelow) Á. & D. Löve var. acutus  -  Hardstem Bulrush - [NF]

Grand Bay West, Newfoundland. Salt Water Pond. Margin of brackish pond. September 8, 2000. [Transparencies - Nathalie Djan-Chékar]

Flowering Head
Flowering Head
Flowering Head

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Schoenoplectus pungens (Vahl) Palla var. pungens  -  Threesquare, Canemaker's Rush - [NF]

Hughes Brook, Newfoundland. Saltmarsh. July 19, 2002. [Digital - John Maunder]

Flowering Head
Pure Stand

Terra Nova National Park, Newfoundland. Southwest Brook. Upper beach of quiet salt water inlet. July 21, 2006. [Digital - John Maunder]

Spikelets
Spikelets
Fertile Stem

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Schoenoplectus subterminalis (Torr.) Soják  -  Water Clubrush - [NF]

Deer Park, Salmonear Line, Newfoundland. Fen-bog. Relatively rich pool. August 13, 2004. [Digital - John Maunder]

Spikelet
Spikelet
Spikelet
Spikelet
Plants in Habitat
Habitat

La Manche Provincial Park, Newfoundland. Pond. Dominant bottom cover in medium-depth water. August 16, 2005. [Digital - John Maunder]

Inflorescence
Inflorescence
Inflorescence
Plants in Habitat

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Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani (C. C. Gmel.) Palla  -  Great Bulrush, Softstem Bulrush - [NF - RARE, LAB - RARE]

Goose Bay, Labrador. Near ferry wharf, in freshwater harbour area. May, 19?? Dried-up stems from previous year's growth. [First Labrador record.] Collected by Robin. T. Day. [Digital - John Maunder]

Flowering Heads
Closeup of Flowering Head
Closeup of Flowering Head
Closeup of Contracted Flowering Head
Closeup of Soft Stem
Photomicrograph of Aristate Scale (scale left of centre).

Hughes Brook, Newfoundland. Saltmarsh. July 19, 2002. [Digital - John Maunder]

Flowering Head
Flowering Head
Whole Plants
Whole Plants in Habitat

Deadman's Bay, near Cape Freels, Newfoundland. Saltmarsh. July 23, 2006. [Digital - John Maunder]

Spikelets
Spikelets
Inflorescence
Inflorescence
Plants in Habitat
Plants in Habitat
Plants in Habitat
Plants in Habitat

Cartyville, Newfoundland. Road to beach. Saltmarsh. August 1, 2006. [Digital - John Maunder]

Plants in Habitat
Plants in Habitat
Plants in Habitat

St. Shott's Road, Newfoundland. Roadside pool in boggy heathland. August 12, 2004. [Digital - John Maunder]

Inflorescence
Inflorescence
Inflorescence
Flowering Stems
Stem Bases
Whole Plants
Whole Plants

Middle Barachois River, at McKay's, Newfoundland. Brackish mudflat near rivermouth. August 24, 2000. [Transparencies - Nathalie Djan-Chékar]

Inflorescence
Whole Plants
Plants in Habitat
Plants in Habitat

Cartyville, Newfoundland. Road to beach. Saltmarsh. September 10, 2000. [Transparencies - Nathalie Djan-Chékar]

Inflorescence
Plants in Habitat

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Scirpus atrocinctus Fernald  -  Black-girdled Bulrush - [NF, LAB]

Thunder Brook, west of Grand Falls, Newfoundland. Trail to falls. Mixed woods. July 19, 2004. [Digital - John Maunder]

Developing Inflorescence
Developing Inflorescence
Developing Inflorescence

Steady Brook, Newfoundland. Base of Marble Mountain, Beaver Pond Trail. Mixed woods. July 23, 2003. [Digital - John Maunder]

Inflorescence
Inflorescence
Leafy Base

Grand Falls, Newfoundland. Below mill, near river. Open, wet shore. August 8, 2003. [Digital - John Maunder]

Inflorescence

Pouch Cove, Newfoundland. Water Supply Road. Wet ditch. September 15, 2002. [Digital - John Maunder]

Flowers
Flowers
Inflorescence
Leaves

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Scirpus cyperinus (L.) Kunth  -  Woolgrass - [NF]

Whitbourne, Newfoundland. Junction Pond. Edge of pond. July 30, 2006. [Digital - John Maunder]

Spikelets
Spikelets
Spikelets
Spikelets
Spikelets
Inflorescence
Inflorescence
Inflorescence

Whitbourne, Newfoundland. Second Pond. Edge of pond. July 30, 2006. [Digital - John Maunder]

Inflorescence
Inflorescence
Inflorescence
Inflorescence
Inflorescence
Inflorescence

Grand Falls, Newfoundland. Rushy Pond. Beothuck Park. July 30, 2006. [Digital - John Maunder]

Inflorescence
Inflorescence

Cape St. Francis, Newfoundland. Lighthouse Road. Mucky pool, in clearing in coniferous woods. Near road. September 1, 2004. [Digital - John Maunder]

Spikelets
Spikelets
Spikelets
Spikelets
Inflorescence
Inflorescence
Inflorescence
Inflorescence
Inflorescence
Inflorescence
Flowering Stems
Whole Plants
Whole Plants in Habitat

St. John's, Newfoundland. Torbay Road. behind the Buddhist Temple. Johnson Family Trail. Edge of coniferous woods. Wet area. September 25, 2005. [Digital - John Maunder]

Inflorescence
Inflorescence
Inflorescence
Inflorescence

Junction of Tilton Barrens Road with spur road to Spaniard's Bay, Newfoundland. Pond edge. October 12, 2003. [Digital - John Maunder]

Spikelets
Spikelets
Inflorescence
Inflorescence
Basal Leaves
Whole Plant
Whole Plants

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Scirpus hattorianus Makino  -  Mosquito Bulrush - [NF]

Thunder Brook, west of Grand Falls, Newfoundland. Trail to falls. Mixed woods. July 19, 2004. [Digital - John Maunder]

Inflorescence
Inflorescence
Inflorescence
Inflorescence

Grand Falls, Newfoundland. Rushy Pond. Beothuk Park. Edge of pond, south of boat launch. July 30, 2006. [Digital - John Maunder]

Spikelets
Inflorescence
Inflorescence
Base of Inflorescence
Inflorescence
Inflorescence
Whole Plants

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Scirpus microcarpus J. & C. Presl  -  Red-tinged Bulrush, Smallfruited Bulrush - [NF, LAB]

Spaniard's Bay, Newfoundland. Near barachois pond. Open flats. Wet. July 19, 2004. [Digital - John Maunder]

Spikelets
Spikelets
Whole Plants

Spaniard's Bay, Newfoundland. Near barachois pond. Entrance to farmed land. Wet. July 22, 2004. [Digital - John Maunder]

Spikelets
Spikelets
Spikelets
Base of Stem

Pasadena, Newfoundland. Cross-country ski trail. Damp, open shrubbery. July 17, 2002. [Digital - John Maunder]

Flowers
Flowers
Inflorescence
Base of Inflorescence with "red tinge"

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Scirpus sp. [Final identification pending]  -  Bulrush - [NF]

Whitbourne, Newfoundland. Second Pond. Flood margin. Below open coniferous woods. July 19, 2004. [Digital - John Maunder]

Spikelets
Spikelets
Base of Inflorescence
Inflorescence
Inflorescence
Inflorescences
Fertile Stems
Basal Leaves
Plants in Habitat
Plants in Habitat

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Trichophorum alpinum (L.) Pers.  -  Alpine Cottongrass - [NF, LAB]

Grand Falls, Newfoundland. Salmon Brook, opposite paper mill. Edge of river. July 5, 2005. [Digital - John Maunder]

Spikelet
Spikelet
Spikelet

Watson's Pond Fen, west of Corner Brook, Newfoundland. On the Trans Canada Highway. Limestone area. July 17, 2002. [Digital - John Maunder]

Spikelet

Cape Freels, Newfoundland. Coastal heath. July 23, 2006. [Digital - John Maunder]

Spikelet
Spikelet
Spikelet
Spikelet
Spikelet

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Trichophorum cespitosum (L.) Hartm.  -  Deergrass - [NF, LAB]

Table Mountain, near Stephenville, Newfoundland. Limestone barrens. May 19, 2006. [Digital - John Maunder]

Fertile Stems
Fertile Stems
Fertile Stems
Fertile Stems

Pouch Cove-Flatrock, Newfoundland. Stiles Cove. East Coast Trail. Wet area near cliff tops. June 21, 2005. [Digital - John Maunder]

Spikelets
Spikelets
Spikelets
Spikelets
Spikelets
Spikelets
Spikelets
Spikelets

Pouch Cove-Flatrock, Newfoundland. Stiles Cove. East Coast Trail. Wet area near cliff tops. June 21, 2002. [Digital - John Maunder]

Spikelets
Spikelets

Hughes Brook, Newfoundland. Marsh near mouth of river. June 5, 2002. [Transparency - Nathalie Djan-Chékar]

New Shoots from Last Year's Growth

Pouch Cove-Flatrock, Newfoundland. Stiles Cove. East Coast Trail. Wet area near cliff tops. June 21, 2002. [Digital - John Maunder]

Spikelets
Spikelets

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