Aquatic Plant Identification Class 2009
One boat with the instructor Mary
Blickenderfer, went back to the site
where Flowering Rush was first
found on Big Sandy Lake, what they
found were plants not yet flowering.

The photos here show some of the
plants found that day. As you can
see the plant is very hard to identify
without it's umbrella like cluster of
flowers.

In deeper water, the plant grows
submerged with floating leaves.

Bloom time is June to August

Resembles bulrushes and true
rushes when not in flower.

Bulbils (little bulb-like plant sprouts)
may be present at the base of flower
stalks and at the roots.