Schoenoplectiella smithii(A.Gray) Hayas.

WFO wfo-1000000002 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 2 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 2 times, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Schoenoplectiella smithii, photographed by Étienne Lacroix-Carignan
fig. a Étienne Lacroix-Carignan, CC0 1.0 / 2021-08-21 / obs. 174726162
Schoenoplectiella smithii, photographed by Étienne Léveillé-Bourret
fig. b Étienne Léveillé-Bourret, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 193359365
Schoenoplectiella smithii, photographed by Étienne Lacroix-Carignan
fig. c Étienne Lacroix-Carignan, CC0 1.0 / obs. 174726141
Schoenoplectiella smithii, photographed by Étienne Lacroix-Carignan
fig. d Étienne Lacroix-Carignan, CC0 1.0 / obs. 174726161
Schoenoplectiella smithii, photographed by Étienne Lacroix-Carignan
fig. e Étienne Lacroix-Carignan, CC0 1.0 / obs. 174726174
Schoenoplectiella smithii, photographed by Étienne Lacroix-Carignan
fig. f Étienne Lacroix-Carignan, CC0 1.0 / obs. 184713916
Schoenoplectiella smithii, photographed by Étienne Lacroix-Carignan
fig. g Étienne Lacroix-Carignan, CC0 1.0 / obs. 174726128
Schoenoplectiella smithii, photographed by Étienne Léveillé-Bourret
fig. h Étienne Léveillé-Bourret, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 150160540

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Native range 22 botanical countries

Regions where Schoenoplectiella smithii is native: Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Québec, Rhode I., Vermont, Virginia, Wisconsin ConnecticutIllinoisIndianaMaineMarylandMassachusettsMichiganMinnesotaNew BrunswickNew HampshireNew JerseyNew YorkNorth CarolinaOhioOntarioPennsylvaniaQuébecVermontVirginiaWisconsin DelawareRhode I.
Native distribution of Schoenoplectiella smithii, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Connecticut CNT NORTHERN AMERICA
Delaware DEL
Illinois ILL
Indiana INI
Maine MAI
Maryland MRY
Massachusetts MAS
Michigan MIC
Minnesota MIN
New Brunswick NBR
New Hampshire NWH
New Jersey NWJ
New York NWY
North Carolina NCA
Ohio OHI
Ontario ONT
Pennsylvania PEN
Québec QUE
Rhode I. RHO
Vermont VER
Virginia VRG
Wisconsin WIS

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 8 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Schoenoplectus smithii (A.Gray) Soják
  • Schoenoplectus smithii var. levisetus (Fassett) S.G.Sm.
  • Schoenoplectus smithii var. setosus (Fernald) S.G.Sm.
  • Scirpus smithii A.Gray
  • Scirpus smithii f. levisetus (Fassett) Fernald
  • Scirpus smithii f. setosus (Fernald) Fernald
  • Scirpus smithii var. levisetus Fassett
  • Scirpus smithii var. setosus Fernald

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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