PLANTS Profile for Scleria verticillata (low nutrush)

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Scleria verticillata Muhl. ex Willd.
low nutrush

Symbol:

SCVE2

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Cyperaceae

Duration:

Annual

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		N
PR		N
CAN		N

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Line Drawing of Scleria verticillata Muhl. ex Willd.

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 1: 351. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Scleria verticillata Muhl. ex Willd.

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Synonyms:
Scleria verticillata Muhl. ex Willd.

SCTE8

Scleria tenella Kunth

Distribution:
Scleria verticillata Muhl. ex Willd.


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USA (AL, AR, CT, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, LA, MD, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA, WI), USA+ (PR), CAN (ON)

Related Taxa:
Scleria verticillata Muhl. ex Willd.

View 36 genera in Cyperaceae, 36 species in Scleria

Classification:
Scleria verticillata Muhl. ex Willd.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass	Commelinidae
Order	Cyperales
Family	Cyperaceae – Sedge family
Genus	Scleria P.J. Bergius – nutrush
Species	Scleria verticillata Muhl. ex Willd. – low nutrush

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Scleria verticillata Muhl. ex Willd.

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Arkansas:
low nutrush		Threatened
Connecticut:
low nutrush		Special Concern
Iowa:
low nutrush		Threatened
Maryland:
whorled nutrush		Endangered
Minnesota:
whorled nut-rush		Threatened
New Jersey:
whorled nut-rush		Endangered
New York:
low nutrush		Endangered
Pennsylvania:
whorled nutrush		Endangered
Tennessee:
low nutrush		Special Concern

Wetland Indicator Status:
Scleria verticillata Muhl. ex Willd.

Nat. Ind.

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OBL

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Scleria verticillata Muhl. ex Willd.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 40319.

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

Time Generated: 10/21/2008 10:13 AM MDT