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  • COMMON NAME: Black bog-rush, black sedge.
  • ARABIC: البردي الأسود
  • BOTANICAL NAME: Schoenus nigricans L.
  • SYNONYMS: Chaetospora nigricans (L.) Kunth, Cyperus niger Salisb.
  • FAMILY: CYPERACEAE
  • KIND: Native
  • EMIRATE: Fujairah
  • GROWTH FORMS: Herbs
  • HABITATS: Wadi Pools
  • TYPES: Perennial
  • REMARKS: Wadi Wurayah National Park (WWNP).
Gary R. Feulner. 2014. The Flora of Wadi Wurayah National Park Fujairah, United Arab Emirates. V.V. Byalt, V.M. Korshunov, M.V. Korshunov. Cadaster of the Flora of Fujairah Emirate (United Arab Emirates). Al Fujairah 2021. M.V.D jongbloed, G.R. Fuelner, B. Boer, A.R. Western. the comprehensive guide to the wild flowers of the United Arab Emirates. Environmental research and wildlife Development agency, Abu Dhabi, 2003. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:312959-1/images
Perennial, rush-like with creeping rhizomes. Stems roundish and erect, up to 60 cm. Leaves grooved, fine, half as long as stem with brownish sheaths. Inflorescence very dense head c. 1*1 cm. one or two erect three-edged bracts. Spikelets irregular, 1 cm long. Seeds smooth, ovoid, 0.15 cm long, milky white and shiny. Flowering in winter-spring period.
In pools and wet places in wadis, near fresh water.
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