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Scleria georgiana

Scleria georgiana Core

georgia nutrush

Synonym(s): Scleria gracilis
Scleria georgiana (Georgia Nutrush)
Image ID: 17198
Image by: Sorrie, Bruce A.
Image Collection: NCBG Digital Library

PLANT INDEX

ID_PLANT: SCGE
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Scleria georgiana
Include in WOTAS: 0
Publish to Web: 1
Last Modified: 2020-01-01

GENUS INDEX

GENUS CODE: SCLER2
GENUS SCIENTIFIC: Scleria
GENUS AUTHORITY: P.J. Bergius
GENUS COMMON: Nutrush
GENUS SUMMARY: (by Richard J. LeBlond)
GENUS IDENTIFICATION: Identification notes: Scleria superficially somewhat resembles Rhynchospora in the field, but mature specimens are readily recognized by the terete white, gray, or black bony achenes. Hardened achenes are necessary for reliable identification to species. In the key, achene length includes hypogynium when present. The scale character applies only to the ultimate bracteate structure clasping the achene.
GENUS REFERENCES: Kessler (1987)=Z; Fairey (1967)=Y; Reznicek, Fairey, & Whittemore in FNA (2002b); Core (1936); Goetghebeur in Kubitzki (1998b).

FAMILY INDEX

FAMILY CODE: CYPERA
FAMILY SCIENTIFIC: Cyperaceae
FAMILY AUTHORITY: A.L. de Jussieu 1789
FAMILY COMMON: Sedge Family
FAMILY SUMMARY: A family of about 100 genera and 5000 species, mostly herbs, cosmopolitan.
FAMILY REFERENCE: Ball, Reznicek, & Murray in FNA (2002b); Muasya et al. (2009); Tucker (1987); Goetghebeur in Kubitzki (1998b).

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USDA PLANTS DATABASE

USDA Symbol: SCGE
USDA Common Name: Slenderfruit Nutrush
Native Status: L48 (N), PR (N)
Distribution: USA (AL, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, SC, TX), USA+ (PR)
Duration: Perennial
Growth Habit: Graminoid

NATIONAL WETLAND INDICATOR STATUS

Region:AGCPAKAWCBEMPGPHIMWNCNEWMVE
Status: FACW FACW FACW FACW

This information is derived from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 2016 National Wetland Plant List, Version 3.3 (Lichvar, R.W., D.L. Banks, W.N. Kirchner, and N.C. Melvin. 2016. The National Wetland Plant List: 2016 wetland ratings. Phytoneuron 2016-30: 1-17. Published 28 April 2016. ISSN 2153 733X). Regions: AGCP-Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain, AK-Alaska, AW-Arid West, CB-Caribbean, EMP-Eastern Mountains and Piedmont, GP-Great Plains, HI-Hawaii, MW-Midwest, NCNE-Northcentral and Northeast, WMCV-Western Mountains, Valleys & Coast

2018 Natural Heritage Program List of Rare Plant Species of North Carolina

NHP IDS RANKROUNDED S RANKG RANKROUNDED G RANKSTATE STATUSFEDERAL STATUS
19445 S3 S3 G4 G4 W1

This information is derived from the 2018 North Carolina Natural Heritage Program List of Rare Plant Species.

WEAKLEY FLORA

SCIENTIFIC NAME: Scleria georgiana
COMMON NAME: Georgia Nutrush
SYNONYMY: [= FNA, GW, K, RAB, WH3, Y; = S. gracilis Elliott - S (name preoccupied)]
PHENOLOGY: Jun-Aug.
HABITAT: Pine savannas, cypress savannas, depression meadows, mostly on the outer Coastal Plain.
COMMENTS: E. NC south to s. FL, west to TX; and in the West Indies, Central and South America. See note under S. baldwinii.
RANGE MAP: Scleria georgiana.png

Key to Map Symbols
ABOUT FAMILY (Weakley Flora)
Cyperaceae A.L. de Jussieu 1789 (Sedge Family)
SUMMARY: A family of about 100 genera and 5000 species, mostly herbs, cosmopolitan.
REFERENCE: Ball, Reznicek, & Murray in FNA (2002b); Muasya et al. (2009); Tucker (1987); Goetghebeur in Kubitzki (1998b).
ABOUT GENUS (Weakley Flora)
Scleria P.J. Bergius (Nutrush)
SUMMARY: (by Richard J. LeBlond)
REFERENCE: Kessler (1987)=Z; Fairey (1967)=Y; Reznicek, Fairey, & Whittemore in FNA (2002b); Core (1936); Goetghebeur in Kubitzki (1998b).

HERBARIUM RESOURCES

SERNEC: Find Scleria georgiana in Southeast Regional Network of Experts and Collections (if available)
UNC SERNEC: Find Scleria georgiana in University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Herbarium - Southeast Regional Network of Experts and Collections (if available)

WEB RESOURCES

USDA: Find Scleria georgiana in USDA Plants
NPIN: Find Scleria georgiana in NPIN Database
FNA: Find Scleria georgiana in the Flora of North America (if available)
Google: Search Google for Scleria georgiana

IMAGE USE RECORDS

ID IMAGE: 17198 - Primary Image FloraQuest Plant Detail Page (Landscape Preferred)
ID IMAGE1: 17198 - Primary Image WOTAS
ID IMAGE2: 0 - Secondary Image WOTAS
ID IMAGE3: 0 - Primary Image Plant Sale Sign (Landscape Only)
ID IMAGE4: 0 - Primary Image New Plant Sale Label (Portrait Only)

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