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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Scirpus atrovirens   FAMILY Cyperaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Scirpus atrovirens   FAMILY Cyperaceae

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

Scirpus atrovirens

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-08-013:

Scirpus atrovirens   FAMILY Cyperaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)

Scirpus atrovirens var. atrovirens

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

Scirpus atrovirens

 

COMMON NAME:
Black Bulrush, Dark-green Bulrush


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image of Scirpus atrovirens, Black Bulrush, Dark-green Bulrush

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_scat2_001_lvd

        

image of Scirpus atrovirens, Black Bulrush, Dark-green Bulrush

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_scat2_009_lvd

        

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Scirpus atrovirens   FAMILY Cyperaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Scirpus atrovirens   FAMILY Cyperaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 23
Scirpus atrovirens

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-08-013:
Scirpus atrovirens   FAMILY Cyperaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Scirpus atrovirens var. atrovirens

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3598

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial

Habitat: marshes, bogs, wet meadows, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common (uncommon in Coastal Plain, rare in GA Piedmont)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, 6-12 per culm

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Superior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Whitish
Nutlet

 

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