Scirpus radicansSchkuhr

WFO wfo-0000544083 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Scirpus radicans, photographed by Алексей Ябс
fig. a Алексей Ябс, CC0 1.0 / 2021-06-06 / obs. 134254850
Scirpus radicans, photographed by Repina Tatyana
fig. b Repina Tatyana, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 42301554
Scirpus radicans, photographed by Поляков Александр
fig. c Поляков Александр, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 157324276
Scirpus radicans, photographed by Татьяна Горбушина
fig. d Татьяна Горбушина, CC0 1.0 / obs. 74500336
Scirpus radicans, photographed by Nina Filippova
fig. e Nina Filippova, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 148333525
Scirpus radicans, photographed by Nadezhda Kiseleva
fig. f Nadezhda Kiseleva, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 162031526
Scirpus radicans, photographed by Элеонора Анатольевна
fig. g Элеонора Анатольевна, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 203909865
Scirpus radicans, photographed by Dmitriy Bochkov
fig. h Dmitriy Bochkov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 153851440

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Native range 36 botanical countries

Regions where Scirpus radicans is native: Altay, Amur, Buryatiya, Chita, Inner Mongolia, Irkutsk, Japan, Kazakhstan, Khabarovsk, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Manchuria, Mongolia, Primorye, Sakhalin, West Siberia, Yakutiya, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Central European Russia, Czechia-Slovakia, East European Russia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Norway, NW. Balkan Pen., Poland, Romania, Sweden, Ukraine AltayAmurBuryatiyaChitaInner MongoliaIrkutskJapanKazakhstanKhabarovskKrasnoyarskManchuriaMongoliaPrimoryeSakhalinWest SiberiaYakutiyaAustriaBaltic StatesBelarusCentral European RussiaCzechia-SlovakiaEast European RussiaFinlandFranceGermanyHungaryItalyNorth European RussiaNorthwest European RussiaNorwayNW. Balkan Pen.PolandRomaniaSwedenUkraine Korea
Native distribution of Scirpus radicans, 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
Austria AUT EUROPE
Baltic States BLT
Belarus BLR
Central European Russia RUC
Czechia-Slovakia CZE
East European Russia RUE
Finland FIN
France FRA
Germany GER
Hungary HUN
Italy ITA
North European Russia RUN
Northwest European Russia RUW
Norway NOR
NW. Balkan Pen. YUG
Poland POL
Romania ROM
Sweden SWE
Ukraine UKR
Altay ALT ASIA-TEMPERATE
Amur AMU
Buryatiya BRY
Chita CTA
Inner Mongolia CHI
Irkutsk IRK
Japan JAP
Kazakhstan KAZ
Khabarovsk KHA
Korea KOR
Krasnoyarsk KRA
Manchuria CHM
Mongolia MON
Primorye PRM
Sakhalin SAK
West Siberia WSB
Yakutiya YAK

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.

  • Cyperus radicans (Schkuhr) Missbach & E.H.L.Krause
  • Nemocharis radicans (Schkuhr) Burl.
  • Scirpus hokkaidoensis Beetle
  • Scirpus radicans var. maior Otruba ex Podp.
  • Scirpus sylvaticus f. radicans (Schkuhr) Regel
  • Scirpus sylvaticus subsp. radicans (Schkuhr) Bonnier & Layens
  • Scirpus sylvaticus var. radicans (Schkuhr) Willd.
  • Taphrogiton radicans (Schkuhr) Montandon

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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