Fuirena breviseta
Common Names: saltmarsh umbrella-sedge [1]; short-bristled umbrella-sedge
| Fuirena breviseta | |
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| Photo by the Atlas of Florida Plants Database | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class: | Liliopsida - Moncots |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Cyperaceae |
| Genus: | Fuirena |
| Species: | F. breviseta |
| Binomial name | |
| Fuirena breviseta Coville | |
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| Natural range of Fuirena breviseta from USDA NRCS Plants Database. | |
Contents
Taxonomic Notes
Synonyms: F. squarrosa Michaux.[2]
Varieties: none.[2]
Description
F. breviseta is a perennial graminoid of the Cyperaceae family that is native to North America.[1] It can reach heights up to 3 feet tall with bloom color ranging from yellow to green and to brown.[3]
Distribution
F. breviseta is found in Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas. [1] This plant is a southeastern coastal plain endemic species.[4]
Ecology
Habitat
Common habitats for F. breviseta is Carolina bays, savannas, ditches, and other wetlands. [4] Habitats of specimens collected include drying loamy sands of a ditch, wet sand on edge of a dike, pond pargin in shallow water, on edge of pine plantation, on border of wakulla river, wet pine flatwoods, and on edge of a lake. [5] This species is listed by the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service as an obligate wetland species that is only found in wetland habitats.[1] It is also a characteristic species of the calcareous savannas in Florida.[6]
Associated species include Eleocharis sp., Rhynchospora sp., Scleria sp., Mecardonia sp., Carex sp., and Juncus sp.[5]
Fuirena breviseta is frequent and abundant in the Calcareous Savannas community type as described in Carr et al. (2010).[7]
Phenology
Generally, F. breviseta flowers from July until October.[4] It has been observed flowering in September, October, and November. [8]
Fire ecology
It grows in habitats that are fire-dependent.[6]
Conservation, cultivation, and restoration
This species is vulnerable in Georgia and Mississippi, critically imperiled in Arkansas, and possibly extirpated in Virginia.[9]
Cultural use
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References and notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 USDA Plant Database
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Weakley, A.S. 2015. Flora of the southern and mid-atlantic states. Working Draft of 21 May 2015. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
- ↑ [[1]] Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. Accessed: May 13, 2019
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Weakley, A. S. (2015). Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States. Chapel Hill, NC, University of North Carolina Herbarium.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: June 2018. Collectors: Loran Anderson, Travis MacClendon, Karen MacClendon, R.K.Godfrey, R.F. Doren, Cecil Slaughter, William Platt, Garret Crow, Walker Judd. States and counties: Florida (Jefferson, Wakulla, Liberty, Calhoun, Jackson, Dixie, Washington, Marion, Duval, Osceola, Gadsden, Nassau, Alachua, Gulf), Georgia (Thomas)
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Carr, S. C., et al. (2010). "A Vegetation Classification of Fire-Dependent Pinelands of Florida." Castanea 75(2): 153-189.
- ↑ Carr, S.C., K.M. Robertson, and R.K. Peet. 2010. A vegetation classification of fire-dependent pinelands of Florida. Castanea 75:153-189.
- ↑ 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: 21 MAY 2018
- ↑ [[2]] NatureServe Explorer. Accessed: May 13, 2019
