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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Schoenoplectus pungens var. pungens   FAMILY Cyperaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Schoenoplectus pungens var. pungens   FAMILY Cyperaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 23 (2002)

Schoenoplectus pungens var. pungens

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)

Scirpus pungens var. pungens

INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED) VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-08-007:

Scirpus americanus   FAMILY Cyperaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Scirpus americanus

 

COMMON NAME:
Common Threesquare, Chairmaker's Rush, Swordgrass


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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Schoenoplectus pungens var. pungens   FAMILY Cyperaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Schoenoplectus pungens var. pungens   FAMILY Cyperaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 23
Schoenoplectus pungens var. pungens

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Scirpus pungens var. pungens

INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED) VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-08-007:
Scirpus americanus   FAMILY Cyperaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Scirpus americanus

 

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2875

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial

Habitat: Tidal marshes, other marshes, inland salt marshes, rocky river beds, wet meadows, lake edges, moist fields, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal (rarely 1 or 2 stem leaves)

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Superior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Brownish/Yellowish
Nutlet

 

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