PLANTS Profile for Scleria pauciflora var. caroliniana (Carolina nutrush)

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PLANTS Profile

Scleria pauciflora Muhl. ex Willd. var. caroliniana (Willd.) Alph. Wood
Carolina nutrush

Symbol:

SCPAC

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Cyperaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		N
PR		N

More Information:

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Scleria pauciflora Muhl. ex Willd. var. caroliniana (Willd.) Alph. Wood

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Distribution:
Scleria pauciflora Muhl. ex Willd. var. caroliniana (Willd.) Alph. Wood


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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, RI, SC, TN, TX, VA), USA+ (PR)

Related Taxa:
Scleria pauciflora Muhl. ex Willd. var. caroliniana (Willd.) Alph. Wood

View 37 genera in Cyperaceae, 36 species in Scleria, 3 varieties in Scleria pauciflora Muhl. ex Willd.

Classification:
Scleria pauciflora Muhl. ex Willd. var. caroliniana (Willd.) Alph. Wood

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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
Variety	Scleria pauciflora Muhl. ex Willd. var. caroliniana (Willd.) Alph. Wood – Carolina nutrush

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Scleria pauciflora Muhl. ex Willd. var. caroliniana (Willd.) Alph. Wood

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

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NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]).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

Scleria pauciflora:

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*

FAC

FACW

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Scleria pauciflora Muhl. ex Willd. var. caroliniana (Willd.) Alph. Wood

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 530275.

Time Generated: 05/19/2013 08:02 PM CDT