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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Schoenoplectus californicus
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
The genus Schoenoplectus has been split from Scirpus and includes plants with sessile spikelets, or with spikelets with a few branches (vs. open, widely branching inflorescences). Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Schoenoplectus californicus
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Scirpus californicus
COMMON NAME:
Giant Bulrush, Southern Bulrush, Tule, California Bulrush
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Keith Bradley kab_s_californicus_74902
June Osceola County FL
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Keith Bradley kab_s_californicus_74905
June Osceola County FL
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Keith Bradley kab_s_californicus_74906
June Osceola County FL
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Schoenoplectus californicus
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Schoenoplectus californicus
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Scirpus californicus
4099
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Rare
Habitat: marshes, per Weakley's Flora
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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal (3-4)
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Spikelets reddish-brown
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Spikelets reddish-brown
Nutlet
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