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Scirpus sylvaticus, the wood clubrush, is a species of flowering plant in the sedge family.
Scirpus sylvaticus can reach 1 m, and has triangular stems.
S. sylvaticus widespread in Eurasia, is very common in the European part of Russia and in Southern Siberia. It is most often a coastal species, occurring in wet habitat such as marshes in brackish and saltwater, along swamps, along the banks of water bodies, in marshy forests and in wet meadows. It is a perennial herb growing from a rhizome system with associated tubers.
This plant is an important food source for waterfowl. The seeds are food for birds and other animals, such as muskrats.