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Schoenoplectus californicus Images

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Schoenoplectus californicus
Large stand of the plant by the water's edge
Photograph by: Anna Armitage
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Schoenoplectus californicus
Fruiting plants
Photograph by: Doug Beckers
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Schoenoplectus californicus
Stem with part of wall removed to show the pith
Photograph by: Forest and Kim Starr
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Schoenoplectus californicus
Plants (the taller ones) growing in shallow water
Photograph by: Anna Armitage
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Schoenoplectus californicus
Flowering stem
Photograph by: Anna Armitage
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Schoenoplectus californicus
Traditional house made from this bulrush, built on an artificial island also made of this rush. Still in use by the Uros people who live on Lake Titicaca in Bolivia and Peru
Photograph by: Leonora Enking
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Schoenoplectus californicus
Seeds
Photograph by: Carole Ritchie @ USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database
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Schoenoplectus californicus
Boat made from the stems of this plant
Photograph by: PIERRE ANDRE LECLERCQ
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Schoenoplectus californicus
Reed Boats or "Caballitos de Totora" in Huanchaco, Peru
Photograph by: Blmurch
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