OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Fimbristylis castanea   FAMILY Cyperaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Fimbristylis castanea

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

Fimbristylis castanea

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-07-002:

Fimbristylis spadicea   FAMILY Cyperaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Fimbristylis castanea

 

COMMON NAME:
Marsh Fimbry


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image of Fimbristylis castanea, Marsh Fimbry

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_fica4_001_lvd

        

image of Fimbristylis castanea, Marsh Fimbry

Keith Bradley    kab_f_castanea_1307

May    Monroe County    FL

Everglades National Park

Plant cespitose, lacking rhizomes; lf bases leathery, dark brown, deeply set, per Weakley's Flora (2015).

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Fimbristylis castanea   FAMILY Cyperaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Fimbristylis castanea

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 23
Fimbristylis castanea

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-07-002:
Fimbristylis spadicea   FAMILY Cyperaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Fimbristylis castanea

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3928

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial

Habitat: Brackish marshes and dune swales, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Spikelets chestnut brown to dull brown
2-3 stamens
Bisexual

Inflorescence a terminal anthela

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Lustrous brown
Achene

 

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