GRASSES & SEDGES of BOUNDARY BAY, BURNS BOG and the FRASER RIVER ESTUARY

A preliminary list, compiled by Anne Murray. Additions welcome.

Scientific Name Common Name Agropyron repens Quackgrass Agrostis capillaris Colonial bentgrass Agrostis gigantea Redtop Agrostis pallens Dune bentgrass Agrostis scabra Hair bentgrass Agrostis stolonifera Creeping bentgrass Aira praecox Early hairgrass Calamagrostis canadensis Bluejoint Carex canescens Grey sedge Carex deweyana Dewey’s sedge Carex kelloggii Kellogg’s sedge Carex lenticularis Shore sedge Carex limosa Mud sedge Carex lyngbyei Lyngby’s sedge or sea sedge Carex macrocephala Big-headed sedge Carex pauciflora Few-flowered sedge Carex sitchensis Sitka sedge Carex stipata Sawbeak sedge Carex unilateralis One-sided sedge Dactylis glomerata Orchard grass Distichlis stricta Desert saltgrass Distichlis spicata var. spicata Seashore saltgrass Dulichium arundinaceum Three-way sedge Echinochloa crus-galli Large barnyard-grass Eleocharis palustris Creeping spike rush Elymus repens Quackgrass Eriophorum chamissonis Chamisso’s cotton-grass Eriophorum virginicum Tawny cotton-grass Festuca arundinacea Tall fescue Glyceria elata Tall mannagrass Glyceria occidentalis Western mannagrass Holcus lanatus Common velvet-grass Hordeum jubatum Squirreltail grass (foxtail barley) Juncus acuminatus Tapered rush Juncus alpinoarticulatus Alpine rush Juncus articulatus Jointed rush Juncus balticus Baltic rush Juncus bulbosus Bulbous rush Juncus canadensis Canadian rush Juncus effusus Common rush Juncus oxymeris Pointed rush Grasses and sedges continued:

Scientific Name Common Name Juncus pelocarpus Brown-fruit rush Juncus tenuis Slender rush Lolium perenne Perennial ryegrass Phalaris arundinacea Reed canarygrass Phragmites australis Common reed Poa annua Annual bluegrass Poa compressa Canada bluegrass Rhynchospora alba White beak-rush Scirpus cyperinus Wool-grass Scirpus lacustris validus Tule or Soft stemmed bulrush Scirpus maritimus Seacoast bulrush Scirpus microcarpus Small-flowered bulrush Scirpus paludosus Bulrush Scirpus pungens (formerly S. americanus) Three-square bulrush, Sea bulrush or American bulrush Scirpus validus? Triglochin maritimum Sea arrow-grass Typha latifolia Common cattail

References Biggs, Wayne G. 1973. An ecological and land use study of Burns Bog, Delta. B.C. MSc Thesis UBC. Vancouver, B.C.

Haycock, Russell and Hazel Mort. 1988. Campbell Valley Regional Park, Biophysical Description. GVRD, Vancouver.

Hebda, R.J, K.Gustavson, K. Golinski & A.M.Calder. 2000. Burns Bog Ecosystem Review Synthesis Report. B.C. Environmental Assessment Office, Victoria.

Kistritz, R, Glen Porter and Ken Summers. 1992. Environmental Overview of the North Delta Area. Planning Department, Corp. of Delta.137pp.

Kistritz, Ron U. 1992. Discover Your Estuary: understanding and exploring the aquatic environment of the Fraser River Estuary. Environment Canada, Conservation and Protection, Pacific and Yukon Region. 120 pp.

Knobel, Edward. 1977. Field Guide to the Grasses, Sedges and Rushes of the United States. Revised edition by Mildred E. Faust, Dover Publications, Inc. New York. 83 pp. (first edition in 1899)

Pojar, Jim and Andy MacKinnon (Ed.). 1994. Plants of Coastal British Columbia, including Washington, Oregon and Alaska. B.C. Forest Service, Research Program. Lone Pine Publishing. Vancouver, B.C., Edmonton, Alberta and Redmond, Washington. 526 pp.