Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani (S. tabernaemontani C. C. Gmel.) is a species of bulrush distinguished from common bulrush by its reddish-brown glume scales covered with numerous small purplish warts. It is found in water (especially brackish) and along the banks of lakes and streams, in oxbow lakes, from the Mediterranean region to the cold-temperate zone of Eurasia. 2n=42, 44, 76.
The species is named after the 16th-century German botanist J. T. Müller, who wrote under the pseudonym "Tabernaemontanus." In cultivation, the variety commonly used is S. tabernaemontani var. zebrina hort. (S. zebrinus hort.), which has yellowish-white stripes on the stem.
Varieties:
- 'Albescens'. With long longitudinal stripes on stems up to 1.5 m in height.
- 'Golden Spears'. Stems entirely yellow in spring, turning green in summer.
Morphological description: Rhizomes creeping. Stems grey-green, 100–150 cm tall, smooth.
Large stands of Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani are found at Vad Lake in Nizhny Novgorod Region.