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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Schoenoplectus pungens var. pungens
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Schoenoplectus pungens var. pungens
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
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
COMMON NAME:
Common Threesquare, Chairmaker's Rush, Swordgrass
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Schoenoplectus pungens var. pungens
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Schoenoplectus pungens var. pungens
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
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
2875
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common (uncommon in GA, rare in NC Piedmont)
Habitat: Tidal marshes, other marshes, inland salt marshes, rocky river beds, wet meadows, lake edges, moist fields, per Weakley's Flora
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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal (rarely 1 or 2 stem leaves)
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Bisexual
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Brownish/Yellowish
Nutlet
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