Scleria reticularis

Scleria reticularis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class:	Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Order:	Cyperales
Family:	Cyperaceae
Genus:	Scleria
Species:	S. reticularis
Binomial name
Scleria reticularis Michx.
Natural range of Scleria reticularis from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Description

Common name: netted nutrush

Ecology

Habitat

It is found primarily in wet environments, abundantly in a wet-type savannas, on occasion in mesic and dry savannas, and in pine-wiregrass savannas (Walker and Peet 1983). Historical range includes Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Massachusetts, New York and Missouri and are considered rare species that are associated with depression wetlands in the southeastern Coastal Plain (Edwards and Weakley 2001).

Phenology

Considered a short lived plant (Hinmann and Brewer 2007).

Seed bank and germination

It is present in the seed bank (Edwards and Weakley 2001).

Fire ecology

S. reticularis was one of the several species to increase in frequency from significant change (from pre-fire to post-fire) (Hinmann and Brewer 2007). “S. reticularisproduced greater numbers of flowering stalks in second post-fire census than in the pre-fire census.” (Hinmann and Brewer 2007).

References and notes

• Edwards, A. L. and A. S. Weakley. 2001. Population biology and management of rare plants in depression wetlands of the southeastern coastal plain, USA. Natural Areas Journal 21:12-35.
• Hinmann, S. E. and J. S. Brewer. 2007. Responses of two frequently-burned wet pine savannas to an extended period without fire. Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society 134:512-526.
• Walker, J. and R. K. Peet. 1983. Composition and species diversity of pine-wiregrass savannas of the Green Swamp, North Carolina. Vegetatio 55:163-179.