PLANTS Profile for Scleria ciliata (fringed nutrush)

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PLANTS Profile

Scleria ciliata Michx.
fringed nutrush

Symbol:

SCCI

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Cyperaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		N
PR		N

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Scleria ciliata Michx.

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Distribution:
Scleria ciliata Michx.


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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.

View 37 genera in Cyperaceae, 36 species in Scleria or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Distribution of Scleria ciliata Michx. var. ciliata. .

Scleria ciliata var. ciliata
fringed nutrush

Distribution of Scleria ciliata Michx. var. glabra (Chapm.) Fairey. .

Scleria ciliata var. glabra
fringed nutrush

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Scleria ciliata Michx.

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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

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Scleria ciliata Michx.

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Kentucky:
Scleria ciliata var. ciliata
fringed nut-rush		Endangered

Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Scleria ciliata Michx.

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FAC

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Scleria ciliata Michx.

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 40305.

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

Time Generated: 05/19/2013 10:52 PM CDT