Softstem Bulrush
Schoenoplectus tabernaemontaninative · Central Texas
Softstem Bulrush is a grass native to Central Texas that grows 9.5 ft tall. It wants full sun and high water. Blooms red in late spring. Good for birds.
Wet ground only. A wetland plant: it needs standing water or saturated soil — a pond edge, creek bank or rain garden, not a dry upland bed.
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The facts
5 sources- Type
- Grass
- Sun
- Full sun (6–8 hrs of direct sun)
- Water
- High
- Height
- About 9.5 ft
- Bloom
- Late Spring · red
- Foliage
- Deciduous or dies back in winter
- Wildlife
- Supports birds
Where it grows
8 occurrence records in Central Texas (GBIF).
Can you buy it?
Also grows here — hard to find. Native and recorded growing in Central Texas, but not on the grower stock lists we read. Sourcing varies: some are stocked widely, others you will have to hunt for.
also grows from seed It starts readily from seed, so a packet from a native-seed supplier, or seed collected with permission, is often the easiest way to get a plant no nursery pots.