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

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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Scirpus expansus   FAMILY Cyperaceae

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

Scirpus expansus

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-08-012:

Scirpus expansus   FAMILY Cyperaceae

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

Scirpus sylvaticus

 

COMMON NAME:
Woodland Bulrush


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image of Scirpus expansus, Woodland Bulrush

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_scsy80_001_lvd

        

image of Scirpus expansus, Woodland Bulrush

JK Marlow    jkm210710_2079

July    Transylvania County    NC

DuPont State Forest

image of Scirpus expansus, Woodland Bulrush

JK Marlow    jkm210710_2082

July    Transylvania County    NC

DuPont State Forest

image of Scirpus expansus, Woodland Bulrush

JK Marlow    jkm200808_6886

August    Transylvania County    NC

DuPont State Forest

image of Scirpus expansus, Woodland Bulrush

JK Marlow    jkm200808_6888b

August    Transylvania County    NC

DuPont State Forest

Resembles S. cyperinus, but lacks the rusty color of the spikelets, per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

image of Scirpus expansus, Woodland Bulrush

JK Marlow    jkm200808_6970

August    Transylvania County    NC

DuPont State Forest

Leaf sheaths of lower leaves are red and give the stem a red-banded look, per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

image of Scirpus expansus, Woodland Bulrush

JK Marlow    jkm210807_2514

August    Transylvania County    NC

DuPont State Forest

image of Scirpus expansus, Woodland Bulrush

Steve Marlow    snm_8080039

August    Transylvania County    NC

DuPont State Forest

image of Scirpus expansus, Woodland Bulrush

JK Marlow    jkm200926_7375

September    Transylvania County    NC

DuPont State Forest

Inflorescence decompound; bracts numerous, similar to blades, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Scirpus expansus, Woodland Bulrush

JK Marlow    jkm200926_7378

September    Transylvania County    NC

DuPont State Forest

Leaf blades septate, to 6dm long, 6-20mm wide; sheaths purplish, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Scirpus expansus, Woodland Bulrush

JK Marlow    jkm200926_7380

September    Transylvania County    NC

DuPont State Forest

image of Scirpus expansus, Woodland Bulrush

JK Marlow    jkm201015_7712

October    Transylvania County    NC

DuPont State Forest

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Scirpus expansus   FAMILY Cyperaceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-08-012:
Scirpus expansus   FAMILY Cyperaceae

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

 

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4388

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial

Habitat: bogs, fens, marshes, streambeds, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Carolina Mountains, uncommon in NC Piedmont (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Mostly stem leaves, alternate

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Superior ovary

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall

 

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