Scirpus sylvaticusL.

Wood Club-rushwood club-rush

WFO wfo-0000546234 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Scirpus sylvaticus, photographed by Maria
fig. a Maria, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-06-14 / obs. 205985504
Scirpus sylvaticus, photographed by Pavel Kacl
fig. b Pavel Kacl, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 205821424
Scirpus sylvaticus, photographed by Владимир Дворкин
fig. c Владимир Дворкин, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 205968121
Scirpus sylvaticus, photographed by Paul Braun
fig. d Paul Braun, CC0 1.0 / obs. 205084861
Scirpus sylvaticus, photographed by Aleksei Baushev
fig. e Aleksei Baushev, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 205249972
Scirpus sylvaticus, photographed by Марина Садыкова
fig. f Марина Садыкова, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 204436482
Scirpus sylvaticus, photographed by Yann Kemper
fig. g Yann Kemper, CC0 1.0 / obs. 203609263
Scirpus sylvaticus, photographed by Силаева Татьяна Борисовна
fig. h Силаева Татьяна Борисовна, CC0 1.0 / obs. 199759377

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Native range 41 botanical countries

Regions where Scirpus sylvaticus is native: Altay, Buryatiya, Irkutsk, Kazakhstan, Krasnoyarsk, North Caucasus, Transcaucasus, Türkiye, West Siberia, Albania, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Russia, Czechia-Slovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Krym, Netherlands, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Norway, NW. Balkan Pen., Poland, Romania, South European Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye-in-Europe, Ukraine AltayBuryatiyaIrkutskKazakhstanKrasnoyarskNorth CaucasusTranscaucasusTürkiyeWest SiberiaAlbaniaAustriaBaltic StatesBelarusBelgiumBulgariaCentral European RussiaCzechia-SlovakiaDenmarkEast European RussiaFinlandFranceGermanyGreeceHungaryIrelandItalyKrymNetherlandsNorth European RussiaNorthwest European RussiaNorwayNW. Balkan Pen.PolandRomaniaSouth European RussiaSpainSwedenSwitzerlandTürkiye-in-EuropeUkraine
Native distribution of Scirpus sylvaticus, 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
Belgium BGM
Bulgaria BUL
Central European Russia RUC
Czechia-Slovakia CZE
Denmark DEN
East European Russia RUE
Finland FIN
France FRA
Germany GER
Great Britain GRB
Greece GRC
Hungary HUN
Ireland IRE
Italy ITA
Krym KRY
Netherlands NET
North European Russia RUN
Northwest European Russia RUW
Norway NOR
NW. Balkan Pen. YUG
Poland POL
Romania ROM
South European Russia RUS
Spain SPA
Sweden SWE
Switzerland SWI
Türkiye-in-Europe TUE
Ukraine UKR
Altay ALT ASIA-TEMPERATE
Buryatiya BRY
Irkutsk IRK
Kazakhstan KAZ
Krasnoyarsk KRA
North Caucasus NCS
Transcaucasus TCS
Türkiye TUR
West Siberia WSB

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 18 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 sylvaticus (L.) Missbach & E.H.L.Krause
  • Nemocharis sylvatica (L.) Beurl.
  • Schoenus sylvaticus (L.) Bernh.
  • Scirpus gramineus Neck.
  • Scirpus latifolius Gilib.
  • Scirpus sylvaticus f. angustifolius Podp.
  • Scirpus sylvaticus f. jungei Soó
  • Scirpus sylvaticus subsp. digynus (Boeckeler) T.Koyama
  • Scirpus sylvaticus var. compactus C.Klinggr.
  • Scirpus sylvaticus var. digynus Boeckeler
  • Scirpus sylvaticus var. dissitiflorus Sond.
  • Scirpus sylvaticus var. jechlii Opiz ex Nyman
  • Scirpus sylvaticus var. laxus Čelak.
  • Scirpus sylvaticus var. sylvaticus
  • Seidlia jechlii Opiz ex Nyman
  • Seidlia radicans Opiz
  • Seidlia sylvatica (L.) Opiz
  • Taphrogiton sylvaticum (L.) 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. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. 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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