PLANTS Profile for Scleria ciliata var. ciliata (fringed nutrush)

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PLANTS Profile

Scleria ciliata Michx. var. ciliata
fringed nutrush

Symbol:

SCCIC

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Cyperaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		N
PR		N

More Information:

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Scleria ciliata Michx. var. ciliata

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Synonyms:
Scleria ciliata Michx. var. ciliata

	SCCIE	Scleria ciliata Michx. var. elliottii (Chapm.) Fernald
	SCEL4	Scleria elliottii Chapm.

Distribution:
Scleria ciliata Michx. var. ciliata


View Native Status

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USA (AL, AR, FL, GA, KS, KY, LA, MO, MS, NC, OK, SC, TN, TX, VA), USA+ (PR)

Related Taxa:
Scleria ciliata Michx. var. ciliata

View 36 genera in Cyperaceae, 36 species in Scleria, 2 varieties in Scleria ciliata Michx.

Classification:
Scleria ciliata Michx. var. ciliata

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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 ciliata Michx. – fringed nutrush
Variety	Scleria ciliata Michx. var. ciliata – fringed nutrush

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Scleria ciliata Michx. var. ciliata

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.

Kentucky:
fringed nut-rush		Endangered

Wetland Indicator Status:
Scleria ciliata Michx. var. ciliata

Scleria ciliata:

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

Reg. 2

Reg. 3

Reg. 4

Reg. 5

Reg. 6

Reg. 7

Reg. 8

Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FAC

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Scleria ciliata Michx. var. ciliata

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 530273.

Time Generated: 10/25/2008 09:05 PM MDT