Cladium mariscus

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Cladus: Commelinids
Ordo: Poales

Familia: Cyperaceae
Subfamilia: Cyperoideae
Tribus: Schoeneae
Genus: Cladium
Species: Cladium mariscus
Subspecies: C. m. subsp. californicum – C. m. subsp. intermedium – C. m. subsp. jamaicense – C. m. subsp. mariscus
Name

Cladium mariscus (L.) Pohl, Tent. Fl. Bohem. 1: 32 (1809).
Synonyms

Basionym
Schoenus mariscus L., Sp. Pl.: 42 (1753).
Homotypic
Mariscus mariscus (L.) Borbás, Balaton Fl.: 321 (1900), not validly publ.

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Cosmopolitan
Alabama; Albania; Algeria; Angola; Argentina Northeast; Argentina Northwest; Arizona; Arkansas; Austria; Bahamas; Baleares; Baltic States; Belarus; Belgium; Belize; Bermuda; Bolivia; Botswana; Brazil Northeast; Brazil South; Brazil Southeast; Bulgaria; Burundi; California; Cameroon; Canary Is.; Cape Provinces; Cape Verde; Cayman Is.; Central European Russia; Chad; China South-Central; China Southeast; Cook Is.; Corse; Costa Rica; Cuba; Cyprus; Czechoslovakia; Denmark; Dominican Republic; East Aegean Is.; East European Russia; Egypt; Ethiopia; Finland; Florida; France; Georgia; Germany; Great Britain; Greece; Guatemala; Hainan; Haiti; Hawaii; Honduras; Hungary; Iran; Iraq; Ireland; Italy; Jamaica; Japan; Kazakhstan; Kenya; Kirgizstan; Korea; Kriti; Krym; KwaZulu-Natal; Lebanon-Syria; Leeward Is.; Lesser Sunda Is.; Libya; Louisiana; Madagascar; Malawi; Maldives; Maluku; Mauritius; Mexico Gulf; Mexico Northeast; Mexico Northwest; Mexico Southeast; Mexico Southwest; Mississippi; Morocco; Namibia; Nansei-shoto; Nepal; Netherlands; Nevada; New Caledonia; New Guinea; New Mexico; Nicaragua; North Carolina; North Caucasus; Northern Provinces; Northwest European R; Norway; Ogasawara-shoto; Palestine; Panam; Paraguay; Peru; Poland; Portugal; Puerto Rico; Romania; Rwanda; Sardegna; Saudi Arabia; Senegal; Sicilia; Society Is.; Socotra; Solomon Is.; South Carolina; South European Russia; Spain; Sumatera; Suriname; Sweden; Switzerland; Taiwan; Tanzania; Texas; Tibet; Transcaucasus; Tunisia; Turkey; Turkey-in-Europe; Turkmenistan; Turks-Caicos Is.; Uganda; Ukraine; Uruguay; Utah; Uzbekistan; Venezuela; Virginia; West Himalaya; Windward Is.; Yugoslavia; Zambia; Zaire; Zimbabwe

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References
Primary references

Pohl, J.B.E., 1809. Tentamen Florae Bohemicae 1:32.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Cladium mariscus in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Feb 21. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Cladium mariscus. Published online. Accessed: Feb 21 2020.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Cladium mariscus in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Feb 21. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2020. Cladium mariscus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Feb 21.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Cladium mariscus in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Vernacular names
беларуская: Меч-трава звычайная
català: Mansega
Deutsch: Binsenschneide
eesti: Lääne-mõõkrohi
suomi: Isotaarna, taarna
русский: Меч-трава обыкновенная

Cladium mariscus is a species of flowering plant in the sedge family known by the common names swamp sawgrass,[1] great fen-sedge,[2] saw-sedge or sawtooth sedge. Previously it was known as elk sedge.[3] It is native of temperate Europe and Asia where it grows in base-rich boggy areas and lakesides. It can be up to 2.5 metres (8 ft 2 in) tall, and has leaves with hard serrated edges.[4] In the past, it was an important material to build thatched roofs; harvesting it was an arduous task due to its sharp edges that can cause deep lacerations.[5]
Subspecies

C. m. californicum (S.Watson) Govaerts - California, Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah, Texas, Sonora, Coahuila
C. m. intermedium Kük. - Australia, New Caledonia
C. m. jamaicense (Crantz) Kük. - Latin America from Mexico to Argentina; West Indies; southeastern United States from Texas to Delaware; naturalized in tropical Africa and on many oceanic islands including Canary Islands, Madagascar, New Guinea, Hawaii
C. m. mariscus - Europe, northern Asia and North Africa from Ireland and Morocco to Japan, including Germany, Italy, France, Scandinavia, Poland, Balkans, Ukraine, Russia, Siberia, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Himalayas, Kazakhstan, China, Korea

References

"Cladium mariscus". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
"Cladium mariscus". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Agricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved April 27, 2011.
Theocharopoulos, Michael; Georgiadis, Theodoros; Dimitrellos, Georgios; Chochliouros, Stergios; Tiniakou, Argyro (2006). "Vegetation types with Cladium mariscus (Cyperaceae) in Greece" (PDF). Willdenowia. 36 (Special Issue): 247–256. doi:10.3372/wi.36.36120. S2CID 86099302. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-09-27. Retrieved 2011-04-27.
The Worst Rural Jobs in History, Channel 4, 2006