Summary
Place of publication:
Čas. Nár. Mus., Odd. Přír. 140:127. 1972
Verified:
03/26/2003
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. 1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45 Note: = Scirpus californicus (C. A. Mey.) Steud.
- Davidse, G. et al., eds. 1994. Flora mesoamericana.
- Englert, J. M. et al. 1999-. USDA-NRCS Improved conservation plant materials released by NRCS and cooperators
- FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
- Godfrey, R. K. & J. W. Wooten. 1979-1981. Aquatic and wetland plants of southeastern United States, 2 vol. Note: = Scirpus californicus
- Govaerts, R. & D. A. Simpson. 2007. World checklist of Cyperaceae, sedges.
- Guaglione, E. 1997. pers. comm. Note: re. common names
- Hickman, J. C., ed. 1993. The Jepson manual: higher plants of California
- Jørgensen, P. M. & S. León-Yánez, eds. 1999. Catalogue of the vascular plants of Ecuador. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 75
- Kahn, F. et al. 1993. Las plantas vasculares en las aguas continentales del Peru IFEA, Lima, Peru. Note: = Scirpus californicus (C. A. Mey.) Steud.
- Macía, M. J. & H. Balslev. 2000. Use and management of totora (Schoenoplectus californicus, Cyperaceae) in Ecuador. Econ. Bot. 54:82-89.
- McVaugh, R. 1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana. Note: = Scirpus californicus (C. A. Mey.) Steud.
- Wofford, B. E. Database of Tennessee vascular plants (on-line resource).
- Zuloaga, F. O. & O. Morrone, eds. 1996, 1999. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de la República Argentina. I. Pteridophyta, Gymnospermae y Angiospermae (Monocotyledonae), II. Dicotyledonae. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 60, 74.
Common names
English
California bulrush – giant bulrush – southern bulrush – Portuguese
junco – Spanish
junco – totora – tule – tulecillo –
Distribution
| order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | Kansas | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | Oklahoma | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Baja California Sur | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Coahuila de Zaragoza | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Durango | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | San Luis Potosí | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | South-Central U.S.A. | United States | New Mexico | s. |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | South-Central U.S.A. | United States | Texas | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Alabama | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Arkansas | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Florida | http://www.plantatlas.usf.edu/main.asp?plantID=2194 |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Georgia | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Louisiana | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Mississippi | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | North Carolina | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | South Carolina | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Tennessee | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Chiapas | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Guanajuato | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Hidalgo | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Jalisco | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | México | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Michoacán de Ocampo | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Puebla | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Querétaro | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Southwestern U.S.A. | United States | Arizona | s. |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Southwestern U.S.A. | United States | California | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Southwestern U.S.A. | United States | Nevada | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | | s.? |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | El Salvador | | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | Guatemala | | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | Honduras | | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Argentina | | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Chile | | incl. Easter Island |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Paraguay | | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Uruguay | | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Bolivia | | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Peru | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Australasia | New Zealand | New Zealand | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Pacific | North-Central Pacific | United States | Hawaii | natzd.? |
| 4 | Naturalized | Pacific | South-Central Pacific | Cook Islands | | |
Native
Northern America
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NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.:
United States [Kansas, Oklahoma]
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SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Alabama, Arkansas, Florida (http://www.plantatlas.usf.edu/main.asp?plantID=2194), Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee]
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SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.:
United States [New Mexico (s.), Texas]
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SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Arizona (s.), California, Nevada]
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NORTHERN MEXICO:
Mexico [Baja California Sur, Coahuila de Zaragoza, Durango, San Luis Potosí]
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SOUTHERN MEXICO:
Mexico [Chiapas, Guanajuato, Hidalgo, Jalisco, México, Michoacán de Ocampo, Puebla, Querétaro]
Southern America
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CENTRAL AMERICA:
Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador
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BRAZIL:
Brazil (s.?)
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WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru
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SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Argentina, Chile (incl. Easter Island), Paraguay, Uruguay
Naturalized
Australasia
Pacific
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NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC:
United States [Hawaii (natzd.?)]
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SOUTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC:
Cook Islands
Economic Uses
| Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
| Environmental | erosion control | | Hickman, J. C., ed. 1993. The Jepson manual: higher plants of California |
| Materials | cane | | Kahn, F. et al. 1993. Las plantas vasculares en las aguas continentales del Peru IFEA, Lima, Peru. Note: = Scirpus californicus (C. A. Mey.) Steud. |
| Materials | cane | | McVaugh, R. 1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana. Note: = Scirpus californicus (C. A. Mey.) Steud. |
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System.
2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network
(GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grip.mawarid.gov.om/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=409604.
Accessed 14 May 2025.