Vascular Plant Herbarium

Vascular Plant Database Genus Results

Category: Monocots
Family Name: Cyperaceae

Scleria - [maps | photos]

• Scleria ciliata Michx.
  NWI TN: Facultative
  Common Name: fringed nut-rush

• Scleria muehlenbergii Steud. (TN Threatened)
  NWI TN: Facultative
  Common Name: Muehlenberg's nut-rush
  Synonyms:
  

         • Scleria reticularis Michx. var. pubescens Britton

• Scleria oligantha Michx.
  NWI TN: Facultative
  Common Name: littlehead nut-rush

• Scleria pauciflora Muhl. ex Willd.
  NWI TN: Facultative +
  Common Name: fewflower nut rush

• Scleria triglomerata Michx.
  NWI TN: Facultative Upland +
  Common Name: whip nut-rush

• Scleria verticillata Muhl. ex Willd. (TN Special Concern)
  NWI TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: low nut-rush

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*Non-native taxon known to be naturalized in Tennessee

All names & statuses follow the Guide to the Vascular Plants of Tennessee (2015).
Click here for a description of rare, threatened, or endangered (RTE) status & National Wetland Indicator (NWI) status.

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