Bulrush

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The term bulrush (or sometimes as bullrush) typically refers to tall, herbaceous plants that grow in wetlands. However, as a common name for a plant, bulrush can mean very different things in different parts of the world.

• In British English, bulrush is sometimes incorrectly the common name for Typha, called "cattail" in American English. True Bulrush is a sedge, Schoenoplectus lacustris.

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• In American English, a bulrush is any one of several plants in the family Cyperaceae, typically of the genus Scirpus, Bolboschoenus, or Schoenoplectus.
• Rushes are similar plants classified in the family Juncaceae
• In the Book of Exodus in the Bible, the infant Moses was found in a basket made of bulrushes, a reference to Cyperus papyrus.
• In New Zealand bullrush is a game normally enjoyed by children.

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