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

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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Fimbristylis schoenoides   FAMILY Cyperaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Fimbristylis schoenoides

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

Fimbristylis schoenoides

 

COMMON NAME:
ditch fimbry


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image of Fimbristylis schoenoides, ditch fimbry

Keith Bradley    kab_f_schoenoides_75619

September    Collier County    FL

Big Cypress National Preserve

Spikelets pale, usually solitary on scape (thus resembling Eleocharis), per Weakley's Flora (2015).

image of Fimbristylis schoenoides, ditch fimbry

Keith Bradley    kab_f_schoenoides_75645

September    Collier County    FL

Big Cypress National Preserve

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Fimbristylis schoenoides   FAMILY Cyperaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Fimbristylis schoenoides

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 23
Fimbristylis schoenoides

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3929

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial? Annual?

Habitat: Disturbed wetlands, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: Asia

Uncommon in GA, rare in NC

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal

FLOWER:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
Spikelets yellowish
3 stamens
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
Nearly white to pale brown

 

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