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Scleria pauciflora Muhl. ex Willd.
fewflower nutrush

       
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Scleria pauciflora Muhl. ex Willd.

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Distribution:
Scleria pauciflora Muhl. ex Willd.

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USA (AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, MI, MO, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, VA, WV), USA+ (PR), CAN (ON)
 

Related Taxa:
Scleria pauciflora Muhl. ex Willd.

View 36 genera in Cyperaceae, 36 species in Scleria or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.
Distribution of Scleria pauciflora Muhl. ex Willd. var. caroliniana (Willd.) Alph. Wood. .
Scleria pauciflora var. caroliniana
Carolina nutrush
Distribution of Scleria pauciflora Muhl. ex Willd. var. curtissii (Britton) Fairey. .
Scleria pauciflora var. curtissii
Curtiss' nutrush
Distribution of Scleria pauciflora Muhl. ex Willd. var. pauciflora. .
Scleria pauciflora var. pauciflora
fewflower nutrush
Plant is native (blue) Native   Plant is introduced Introduced
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Classification:
Scleria pauciflora 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 pauciflora Muhl. ex Willd. – fewflower nutrush
 

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

This plant and the related entitiesitalicized and indented below are 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.

Connecticut:
Scleria pauciflora var. caroliniana
few-flowered nutrush              Endangered
Massachusetts:
papillose nut-sedge              Endangered
Michigan:
few-flowered nut-rush              Endangered
New York:
Scleria pauciflora var. caroliniana
fewflower nutrush              Endangered
Ohio:
few-flowered nut-rush              Threatened
Pennsylvania:
few-flowered nutrush              Threatened
Rhode Island:
Carolina-whipgrass              Threatened
 

Wetland Indicator Status:
Scleria pauciflora Muhl. ex Willd.

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
FACU,FACW FACU+ FAC+ FACU* NO FAC FACW NO NO NO NO NO NO NO

Scleria curtissii [=SCPAC2]:

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 NO FAC NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
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More Accounts and Images:
Scleria pauciflora 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 species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 40315.

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

 
 
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