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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Scirpus atrovirens
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Black Bulrush at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Scirpus atrovirens
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 23 (2002)
Scirpus atrovirens
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-08-013:
Scirpus atrovirens FAMILY Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Scirpus atrovirens var. atrovirens
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Scirpus atrovirens
COMMON NAME:
Black Bulrush, Dark-green Bulrush
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_scat2_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_scat2_009_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Scirpus atrovirens
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Scirpus atrovirens
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 23
Scirpus atrovirens
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-08-013:
Scirpus atrovirens
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Scirpus atrovirens var. atrovirens
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Scirpus atrovirens
3598
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Habitat: marshes, bogs, wet meadows, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common (uncommon in Coastal Plain, rare in GA Piedmont)
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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, 6-12 per culm
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Superior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Whitish
Nutlet
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