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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Fimbristylis castanea
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
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Read more about Marsh Fimbry at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_fica4_001_lvd
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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
3928
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Habitat: Brackish marshes and dune swales, 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
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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