PLANTS Profile for Schoenoplectus pungens var. pungens (common threesquare)

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Schoenoplectus pungens (Vahl) Palla var. pungens
common threesquare

Symbol:

SCPUP5

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Cyperaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		N
PR		N
CAN		N
SPM		N

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Photo of Schoenoplectus pungens (Vahl) Palla var. pungens

Scirpus pungens

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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Schoenoplectus pungens (Vahl) Palla var. pungens

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Synonyms:
Schoenoplectus pungens (Vahl) Palla var. pungens

	BOMAP3	Bolboschoenus maritimus (L.) Palla var. polyphyllus (Boeckeler) Dorn
	SCPUP6	Schoenoplectus pungens (Vahl) Palla var. polyphyllus (Boeckeler) Dorn
	SCAM7	Scirpus americanus auct. non Pers.
	SCAMP	Scirpus americanus Pers. var. polyphyllus (Boeckeler) Beetle
	SCPU3	Scirpus pungens Vahl
	SCPUP3	Scirpus pungens Vahl var. polyphyllus Boeckeler

Distribution:
Schoenoplectus pungens (Vahl) Palla var. pungens


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USA (AK, AL, AR, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, VA, VT, WI, WV), USA+ (PR), CAN (MB, NB, NF, NS, ON, PE, QC, SK), FRA (SPM)

Related Taxa:
Schoenoplectus pungens (Vahl) Palla var. pungens

View 36 genera in Cyperaceae, 28 species in Schoenoplectus, 3 varieties in Schoenoplectus pungens (Vahl) Palla

Classification:
Schoenoplectus pungens (Vahl) Palla var. pungens

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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	Schoenoplectus (Rchb.) Palla – bulrush
Species	Schoenoplectus pungens (Vahl) Palla – common threesquare
Variety	Schoenoplectus pungens (Vahl) Palla var. pungens – common threesquare

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NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]).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

Schoenoplectus pungens (Vahl) Palla var. pungens

Scirpus pungens:

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

FACW+,OBL

FACW+

OBL

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Schoenoplectus pungens (Vahl) Palla var. pungens

View species account from USDA Forest Service Fire Effects Information System (FEIS).

View species account, photographs, and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 531336.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

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