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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Schoenoplectus pungens var. pungens
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
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The leafless stems are triangular in cross-section and grow 2-6 feet tall. The tallest plants are maritime; the shortest grow inland in rivers. Near the summit of each stem is a single compact cluster of spikelets, with an erect bract that looks as if it were a continuation of the stem. This species is very much like Olney's Threesquare, but ... Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
This taxon has traditionally had the name Scirpus americanus applied to it; this name, however, is properly applied to the traditional Scirpus olneyi. Schoenoplectus pungens (or Scirpus pungens) becomes the correct name for this plant (Schuyler 1974), per Weakley's Flora (2022)
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Schoenoplectus pungens var. pungens
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 23 (2002)
Schoenoplectus pungens var. pungens
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Scirpus pungens var. pungens
INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED) VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-08-007:
Scirpus americanus FAMILY Cyperaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Scirpus americanus
COMMON NAME:
Common Threesquare, Chairmaker's Rush, Swordgrass
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Schoenoplectus pungens var. pungens
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Schoenoplectus pungens var. pungens
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 23
Schoenoplectus pungens var. pungens
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Scirpus pungens var. pungens
INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED)
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-08-007:
Scirpus americanus
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Scirpus americanus
2875
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Habitat: Tidal marshes, other marshes, inland salt marshes, rocky river beds, wet meadows, lake edges, moist fields, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal (rarely 1 or 2 stem leaves)
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Superior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Brownish/Yellowish
Nutlet
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