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| name = Scleria triglomerata
 
| name = Scleria triglomerata
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| image_caption = Photo by John R. Gwaltney, [http://www.southeasternflora.com/index.asp Southeastern Flora.com]
 
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| divisio = Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
 
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| binomial_authority = Michx.
 
| binomial_authority = Michx.
 
| range_map = SCLE_TRIG_dist.jpg
 
| range_map = SCLE_TRIG_dist.jpg
| range_map_caption = Natural range of ''Scleria triglomerata'' from USDA NRCS [http://www.plants.usda.gov Plants Database].
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| range_map_caption = Natural range of ''Scleria triglomerata'' from USDA NRCS [http://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=SCTR Plants Database].
 
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Common name: whip nutrush
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Common names: Whip nutrush, Tall nutrush, Tall nutgrass
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==Taxonomic notes==
 
==Description==  
 
==Description==  
 
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A description of ''Scleria triglomerata'' is provided in [http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=242357990 The Flora of North America].
  
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
 
==Ecology==
 
==Ecology==
 
===Habitat=== <!--Natural communities, human disturbed habitats, topography, hydrology, soils, light, fire regime requirements for removal of competition, etc.-->
 
===Habitat=== <!--Natural communities, human disturbed habitats, topography, hydrology, soils, light, fire regime requirements for removal of competition, etc.-->
It occurs in seepage slopes, interdunal pine flatwoods, edges of ponds and swamps, steepheads, live oak-cabbage palm hammock, calcareous hammock, swampy savanna with dwarf pond cypress, shaded floodplain woods, river banks under hardwood trees, and sandhill scrub. Occurs in disturbed areas such as recently cleared woods and shrub bogs, fallow fields, power lines, and vehicle trails. Generally occurs in moist areas.  Soils range from sand, mucky sand, loamy sand, sandy loam, and loam. Found in shady to open environments (FSU Herbarium).
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It occurs in seepage slopes, interdunal pine flatwoods, edges of ponds and swamps, steepheads, live oak-cabbage palm hammocks, calcareous hammocks, swampy savannas with dwarf pond cypress, shaded floodplain woods, ''Sarracenia'' bogs, sand pine-Florida rosemary scrubs, hardwood hammocks, river banks under hardwood trees, and sandhill scrubs. Occurs in disturbed areas such as recently cleared woods and shrub bogs, fallow fields, power lines, and vehicle trails.<ref name="FSU Herbarium">Florida State University Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium database. URL: [http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu]. Last accessed: June 2014.  Collectors: Loran C. Anderson, Ed Keppner, Lisa Keppner, Robert K. Godfrey, Robert Kral, Mabel Kral, D. L. Fichtner, Cecil R Slaughter, K. Craddock Burks, George R. Cooley, Leonard J. Brass, William Reese, Paul Redfearn, James D. Ray, Jr., C. E. Wood, C. E. Smith, J. R. Eaton, Robert F. Thorne, Walter Judd, C. Jackson, R L Lazor, William Lindsey, Gil Nelson, R. A. Norris, Rodie White, Lisa Keppner, Marc Minno, Bob Fewster, Annie Schmidt.  States and Counties: Florida: Bay, Citrus, Clay, Flagler, Franklin, Gulf, Hernando, Jackson, Jefferson, Leon, Liberty, Marion, Nassau, Okaloosa, Osceola, Taylor, Volusia, Wakulla, Walton, Washington.  Georgia: Grady and Thomas. Compiled by Tall Timbers Research Station and Land Conservancy.</ref> Generally occurs in moist areas.  Soils range from sand, mucky sand, loamy sand, sandy loam, and loam. Found in shady to open environments.<ref name="FSU Herbarium"/>
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Associated species include ''Carex venusta, Carex lonchocarpa, Rhynchospora, R. wrightiana, Magnolia ashei, Serenoa repens, Galucous form, Persea littoralis, Osmanthus, Morinda, Rapanea guianensis, Quercus geminata, Sarracenia, Scleria georgiana'', and ''S. pauciflora.''<ref name="FSU Herbarium"/>
  
 
===Phenology=== <!--Timing off flowering, fruiting, seed dispersal, and environmental triggers.  Cite PanFlora website if appropriate: http://www.gilnelson.com/PanFlora/ -->
 
===Phenology=== <!--Timing off flowering, fruiting, seed dispersal, and environmental triggers.  Cite PanFlora website if appropriate: http://www.gilnelson.com/PanFlora/ -->
===Seed dispersal===
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''S. triglomerata'' has been observed to flower from March to November and fruit April through November.<ref name="FSU Herbarium"/><ref>Nelson, G.  [http://www.gilnelson.com/ PanFlora]: Plant data for the eastern United States with emphasis on the Southeastern Coastal Plains, Florida, and the Florida Panhandle. www.gilnelson.com/PanFlora/  Accessed: 13 DEC 2016</ref>
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===Fire ecology=== <!--Fire tolerance, fire dependence, adaptive fire responses-->
 
===Fire ecology=== <!--Fire tolerance, fire dependence, adaptive fire responses-->
It is found in annually burned pinelands.
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Populations of ''Scleria triglomerata'' have been known to persist through repeated annual burning.<ref>Platt, W.J., R. Carter, G. Nelson, W. Baker, S. Hermann, J. Kane, L. Anderson, M. Smith, K. Robertson. 2021. Unpublished species list of Wade Tract old-growth longleaf pine savanna, Thomasville, Georgia.</ref>
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==Conservation and management==
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===Diseases and parasites===
 
==Conservation and Management==
 
 
==Cultivation and restoration==
 
==Cultivation and restoration==
 
==Photo Gallery==
 
==Photo Gallery==
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==References and notes==
 
==References and notes==
Florida State University Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium database. URL: [http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu]. Last accessed: June 2014.  Collectors: Loran C. Anderson, Ed Keppner, Lisa Keppner, Robert K. Godfrey, Robert Kral, Mabel Kral, D. L. Fichtner, Cecil R Slaughter, K. Craddock Burks, George R. Cooley, Leonard J. Brass, William Reese, Paul Redfearn, James D. Ray, Jr., C. E. Wood, C. E. Smith, J. R. Eaton, Robert F. Thorne, Walter Judd, C. Jackson, R L Lazor, William Lindsey, Gil Nelson, R. A. Norris, Rodie White, Lisa Keppner, Marc Minno, Bob Fewster, Annie Schmidt.  States and Counties: Florida: Bay, Citrus, Clay, Flagler, Franklin, Gulf, Hernando, Jackson, Jefferson, Leon, Liberty, Marion, Nassau, Okaloosa, Osceola, Taylor, Volusia, Wakulla, Walton, Washington.  Georgia: Grady and Thomas. Compiled by Tall Timbers Research Station and Land Conservancy.
 

Latest revision as of 11:04, 15 July 2022

Scleria triglomerata
Scle trig.jpg
Photo by John R. Gwaltney, Southeastern Flora.com
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class: Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Order: Cyperales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Scleria
Species: S. triglomerata
Binomial name
Scleria triglomerata
Michx.
SCLE TRIG dist.jpg
Natural range of Scleria triglomerata from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Common names: Whip nutrush, Tall nutrush, Tall nutgrass

Taxonomic notes

Description

A description of Scleria triglomerata is provided in The Flora of North America.

Distribution

Ecology

Habitat

It occurs in seepage slopes, interdunal pine flatwoods, edges of ponds and swamps, steepheads, live oak-cabbage palm hammocks, calcareous hammocks, swampy savannas with dwarf pond cypress, shaded floodplain woods, Sarracenia bogs, sand pine-Florida rosemary scrubs, hardwood hammocks, river banks under hardwood trees, and sandhill scrubs. Occurs in disturbed areas such as recently cleared woods and shrub bogs, fallow fields, power lines, and vehicle trails.[1] Generally occurs in moist areas. Soils range from sand, mucky sand, loamy sand, sandy loam, and loam. Found in shady to open environments.[1]

Associated species include Carex venusta, Carex lonchocarpa, Rhynchospora, R. wrightiana, Magnolia ashei, Serenoa repens, Galucous form, Persea littoralis, Osmanthus, Morinda, Rapanea guianensis, Quercus geminata, Sarracenia, Scleria georgiana, and S. pauciflora.[1]

Phenology

S. triglomerata has been observed to flower from March to November and fruit April through November.[1][2]

Fire ecology

Populations of Scleria triglomerata have been known to persist through repeated annual burning.[3]

Conservation and management

Cultivation and restoration

Photo Gallery

References and notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Florida State University Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium database. URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: June 2014. Collectors: Loran C. Anderson, Ed Keppner, Lisa Keppner, Robert K. Godfrey, Robert Kral, Mabel Kral, D. L. Fichtner, Cecil R Slaughter, K. Craddock Burks, George R. Cooley, Leonard J. Brass, William Reese, Paul Redfearn, James D. Ray, Jr., C. E. Wood, C. E. Smith, J. R. Eaton, Robert F. Thorne, Walter Judd, C. Jackson, R L Lazor, William Lindsey, Gil Nelson, R. A. Norris, Rodie White, Lisa Keppner, Marc Minno, Bob Fewster, Annie Schmidt. States and Counties: Florida: Bay, Citrus, Clay, Flagler, Franklin, Gulf, Hernando, Jackson, Jefferson, Leon, Liberty, Marion, Nassau, Okaloosa, Osceola, Taylor, Volusia, Wakulla, Walton, Washington. Georgia: Grady and Thomas. Compiled by Tall Timbers Research Station and Land Conservancy.
  2. Nelson, G. PanFlora: Plant data for the eastern United States with emphasis on the Southeastern Coastal Plains, Florida, and the Florida Panhandle. www.gilnelson.com/PanFlora/ Accessed: 13 DEC 2016
  3. Platt, W.J., R. Carter, G. Nelson, W. Baker, S. Hermann, J. Kane, L. Anderson, M. Smith, K. Robertson. 2021. Unpublished species list of Wade Tract old-growth longleaf pine savanna, Thomasville, Georgia.