Synonym(s): Scleria gracilis
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
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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).
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
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 SymbolsABOUT 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
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