Fruit body ribbed, smooth below with scaly projections above. Rush skeletonweed is a perennial that grows from a stout taproot. It has a stiff and bare appearance. It spreads primarily by seed, although roots scattered during cultivation may also sprout. Pulling stimulates growth.
Tordon herbicide is effective, but it needs rainfall afterwards.
Call your weed board for information. Midges, mites, and galls, introduced bio-agents, are well established and seem to be controlling it and moving with any spread. Sheep will eat it, and in severely infested sites, are effective.