Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Schoenoplectus americanus
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Schuyler [in Typification and application of the names Scirpus americanus, S. olneyi, and S. pungens. 1974] discussed the need to replace the name S. olneyi (as traditionally applied) with S. americanus, traditionally applied to what must now be called S. pungens. Because of this nomenclatural change, the interpretation of much information and records is now uncertain, per Weakley's Flora (2023).
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Schoenoplectus americanus
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Schoenoplectus americanus
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 23 (2002)
Schoenoplectus americanus
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Schoenoplectus americanus
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Scirpus americanus
SYNONYMOUS WITH Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Scirpus olneyi
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-08-006:
Scirpus olneyi FAMILY Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Scirpus olneyi
COMMON NAME:
Olney Threesquare, chairmaker's bulrush
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_scol_001_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Schoenoplectus americanus
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Schoenoplectus americanus
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Schoenoplectus americanus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 23
Schoenoplectus americanus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Schoenoplectus americanus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Scirpus americanus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Scirpus olneyi
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-08-006:
Scirpus olneyi
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Scirpus olneyi
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Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Habitat: Tidal freshwater to brackish marshes, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon in Coastal Plain, rare in Piedmont
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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal (around 3)
RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Cespitose [growing in dense tufts, clumping], rhizomatous
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Spikelet scales bright orange- to red- or purple-brown to straw-colored, often partly translucent
Superior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Nutlets brownish or yellowish, bristles reddish
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