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Bulrush



 
  Bulrush or bullrush may refer to:

Wetland plants

  • Bolboschoenus, a genus in the sedge family (Cyperaceae)
  • Cyperus
    Cyperus

    Cyperus is a large genus of about 600 species of Cyperaceaes, distributed throughout all continents in both tropical and temperate regions. They are annual or perennial plants, mostly aquatic ecosystem and growing in still or slow-moving water up to 0.5 m deep....
    , a genus in the sedge family (Cyperaceae)
  • Scirpus
    Scirpus

    The plant genus Scirpus consists of a large number of aquatic, grass-like species in the family Cyperaceae , many with the common names club-rush or bulrush ....
    , a genus in the sedge family (Cyperaceae)
  • Schoenoplectus
    Schoenoplectus

    Schoenoplectus is a genus of about 80 species of Cyperaceae with a cosmopolitan distribution. Note that the name bulrush is also applied to species in the unrelated genus Typha....
    , a genus in the sedge family (Cyperaceae)
  • Typha
    Typha

    Typha is a genus of about eleven species of monocotyledonous flowering plants in the monogeneric family, Typhaceae. The genus has a largely Northern Hemisphere distribution, but is essentially cosmopolitan distribution, being found in a variety of wetland habitats....
    , a genus in the Typhaceae family, also known as reedmace or cattail
  • Ark of bulrushes
    Ark of bulrushes

    The ark of bulrushes in which the infant Moses was laid is called in the Hebrew language teiva, a word similar to the Egyptian language teb, meaning "a chest"....
    , in which the infant Moses was found: probably paper reed (Cyperus papyrus)


Other:
  • Task Force Bullrush, a task force led by the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit
    15th Marine Expeditionary Unit

    The 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit is one of seven Marine Expeditionary Units currently in existence in the United States Marine Corps. The Marine Expeditionary Unit is a Marine Air Ground Task Force with a strength of about 2,200 personnel....
     in Iraq in 2006 and 2007
  • Bullrush, the name used in Australia and New Zealand for British bulldogs (game)
    British Bulldogs (game)

    British bulldogs is a Tag game, of which Red Rover is a descendant, played mainly in the United Kingdom, Australia, and other Commonwealth of Nations countries by children at school....
    , a children's playground game