Long’s Bulrush, found at this site, belongs to the group of Atlantic Coastal Plain Flora. It is a globally rare species and listed as vulnerable in Nova Scotia.

Long’s Bulrush is a fascinating sedge (not a rush!). It grows a thick rootstock underground, in a circle. Leaves arise from this rhizome, giving Long’s Bulrush colonies a circular appearance unlike any other bulrush in Nova Scotia. Growing slowly, these colonies can extend to several meters in circumference, and be over 400 hundred years old! Long’s Bulrush colonies, old and young, are protected forever at the Medway River Conservation Lands. Along with this rare plant’s protection comes the preservation of this site’s undeveloped shoreline, important to the health of the Medway River.