Schoenus ferrugineusL.

WFO wfo-0000530477 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 7 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 7 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.

Schoenus ferrugineus, photographed by Sigitas Juzėnas
fig. a Sigitas Juzėnas, CC BY 4.0 / 2019-06-26 / obs. 43119809
Schoenus ferrugineus, photographed by Ljaž
fig. b Ljaž, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 143684720
Schoenus ferrugineus, photographed by Sigitas Juzėnas
fig. c Sigitas Juzėnas, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 88709416
Schoenus ferrugineus, photographed by Sigitas Juzėnas
fig. d Sigitas Juzėnas, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 84839796
Schoenus ferrugineus, photographed by Thomas Ebner
fig. e Thomas Ebner, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 72129404
Schoenus ferrugineus, photographed by Ljaž
fig. f Ljaž, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 143684762
Schoenus ferrugineus, photographed by Полина Полежанкина
fig. g Полина Полежанкина, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 120580680
Schoenus ferrugineus, photographed by Sigitas Juzėnas
fig. h Sigitas Juzėnas, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 43110428

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Native range 23 botanical countries

Regions where Schoenus ferrugineus is native: Albania, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Central European Russia, Czechia-Slovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Norway, NW. Balkan Pen., Poland, Romania, South European Russia, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine AlbaniaAustriaBaltic StatesBelarusCentral European RussiaCzechia-SlovakiaDenmarkEast European RussiaFinlandFranceGermanyItalyNorth European RussiaNorthwest European RussiaNorwayNW. Balkan Pen.PolandRomaniaSouth European RussiaSwedenSwitzerlandUkraine
Native distribution of Schoenus ferrugineus, 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.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Albania ALB EUROPE
Austria AUT
Baltic States BLT
Belarus BLR
Central European Russia RUC
Czechia-Slovakia CZE
Denmark DEN
East European Russia RUE
Finland FIN
France FRA
Germany GER
Great Britain GRB
Italy ITA
North European Russia RUN
Northwest European Russia RUW
Norway NOR
NW. Balkan Pen. YUG
Poland POL
Romania ROM
South European Russia RUS
Sweden SWE
Switzerland SWI
Ukraine UKR

Not drawn on the map: Great Britain. We hold no public-domain boundary for this region, so it is listed rather than guessed at.

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 3 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.

  • Chaetospora ferruginea (L.) Rchb.
  • Schoenus karpatii Pénzes
  • Streblidia ferruginea (L.) Link

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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