How to Grow and Care for Isolepis

Low bulrush (Isolepis cernua) is a sedge found in many regions around the world. It grows in freshwater wetlands, as well as salt marshes. Gardeners use it as a ground cover, as part of a water feature, or in hanging baskets to display its graceful foliage. The plant and its seed contain toxins.

Keeled bulrush (Isolepis carinata) is a flowering plant that is indigenous to North America, especially the southeastern United States. It can grow in a wide range of habitats, including disturbed and landscaped areas.

Bristle club-rush is a water-loving plant that grows in many damp habitats such as lakeshores, damp grasslands, and coastal marshes. Bristle-leaf bulrush is named after its spiky clusters of thin pointed leaves. Despite the loss of some of its lowland habitats, this is a good pioneer species that adapts well to new locations and is therefore not threatened.

Isolepis fluitans (syn. Scirpus fluitans), (floating scirpus) is a species of flowering plant in the sedge family. It is native to Africa, Australasia, Europe, and Pacific. It was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1753, and later transferred to Isolepis by the botanist Robert Brown in 1810.

Isolepis basilaris is a tufted perennial herb with slender, grass-like foliage. Growing in dense clumps, isolepis basilaris features bright green, sedge-like leaves that can reach up to 15 cm high, and small, brownish flower spikes nestled among them. This moisture-loving species thrives in wetlands or moist environments, often contributing to the lush carpets of verdant underbrush. Its fibrous root system helps stabilize soil, aiding in wetland ecosystem health.