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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Scirpus cyperinus
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Woolgrass Bulrush at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Scirpus cyperinus
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 23 (2002)
Scirpus cyperinus
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-08-015:
Scirpus cyperinus FAMILY Cyperaceae
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Scirpus cyperinus
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Scirpus eriophorum
COMMON NAME:
Woolgrass Bulrush, Marsh Bulrush, Woolly Bulrush
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Carrie Hannah Penn chp_s_cyperinus_fruit3
August DeKalb County GA
Stone Mountain Park
Spikelets in large terminal arching clusters, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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Carrie Hannah Penn chp_s_cyperinus_fruit3b
August DeKalb County GA
Stone Mountain Park
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Carrie Hannah Penn chp_s_cyperinus_fruit3c
August DeKalb County GA
Stone Mountain Park
Inflorescence with several long, flexuous to drooping stalks to 15cm long, per Aquatic and Wetland Plants of Southeastern United States (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981).
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Carrie Hannah Penn chp_s_cyperinus_fruit3d
August DeKalb County GA
Stone Mountain Park
Spikelets ovoid, 3-5mm long, about 3mm wide at base. Scales reddish-brown, per Aquatic and Wetland Plants of Southeastern United States (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981).
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Stephanie C. Brundage scb_082521blairsville28
August Union County GA
Meeks Park Disc Golf Course
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Gill Newberry gn09_scirpus_cyperinus
September
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Scirpus cyperinus
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Scirpus cyperinus
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 23
Scirpus cyperinus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-08-015:
Scirpus cyperinus
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Scirpus cyperinus
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Scirpus eriophorum
1339
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Habitat: marshes, ditches, beaver ponds, disturbed wet ground, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & alternate
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Greenish
Superior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Spikelets reddish-brown
Nutlet
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South (Wasowski & Wasowski, 1994, 2020) p178
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry (Porcher, 1995) p104
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p153
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p379
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p346
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p399
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