Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Scirpus georgianus
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Georgia Bulrush at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Scirpus georgianus
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-08-013?:
Scirpus atrovirens
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Scirpus georgianus
COMMON NAME:
Georgia Bulrush
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_scge2_002_lvd
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_scirpus_georgianus_6
May Iredell County NC
Coarse tufted perennial from short, thick rhizomes. Blade tips 3-angled, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_scirpus_georgianus_1
June Iredell County NC
S. atrovirens, georgianus, hattorianus & flaccidifolius difficult to identify, per Weakley's Flora.
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_scirpus_georgianus_2
June Iredell County NC
Spikelets in umbellate clusters or heads. Nutlets whitish; bristles us. absent, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Scirpus georgianus
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Scirpus georgianus
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-08-013?:
Scirpus atrovirens
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Scirpus georgianus
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Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common
Look for it in marshes, wet areas, ditches, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
...Wet
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, 6-12 per culm
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Bisexual
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Whitish
Nutlet
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