PLANTS Profile for Scirpus pallidus (cloaked bulrush)

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Scirpus pallidus (Britton) Fernald
cloaked bulrush

Symbol:

SCPA8

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Cyperaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Photo of Scirpus pallidus (Britton) Fernald

Robert H. Mohlenbrock. USDA NRCS. 1992. Western wetland flora: Field office guide to plant species. West Region, Sacramento. Courtesy of USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute. Usage Requirements.

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Scirpus pallidus (Britton) Fernald

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Synonyms:
Scirpus pallidus (Britton) Fernald

SCATP2

Scirpus atrovirens Willd. var. pallidus Britton

Distribution:
Scirpus pallidus (Britton) Fernald


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USA (AZ, CO, IA, ID, KS, MN, MO, MT, ND, NE, NJ, NM, OK, OR, PA, SD, TX, UT, WA, WI, WY), CAN (AB, BC, MB, ON, SK)

Related Taxa:
Scirpus pallidus (Britton) Fernald

View 36 genera in Cyperaceae, 22 species in Scirpus

Classification:
Scirpus pallidus (Britton) Fernald

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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	Scirpus L. – bulrush
Species	Scirpus pallidus (Britton) Fernald – cloaked bulrush

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NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]).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

Scirpus pallidus (Britton) Fernald

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

OBL

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Scirpus pallidus (Britton) Fernald

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 40270.

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View photographs and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

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

Time Generated: 01/04/2013 05:00 AM CST