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
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.[2]
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.[3]
Ecology
Habitat
Common habitats for F. breviseta is Carolina bays, savannas, ditches, and other wetlands. [3] 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. [4] 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.[5]
Associated species include Eleocharis sp., Rhynchospora sp., Scleria sp., Mecardonia sp., Carex sp., and Juncus sp.[4]
Phenology
Generally, F. breviseta flowers from July until October.[3] It has been observed flowering in September, October, and November. [6]
Conservation and Management
This species is vulnerable in Georgia and Mississippi, critically imperiled in Arkansas, and possibly extirpated in Virginia.[7]
Cultivation and restoration
Photo Gallery
References and notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 USDA Plant Database
- ↑ [[1]] Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. Accessed: May 13, 2019
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Weakley, A. S. (2015). Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States. Chapel Hill, NC, University of North Carolina Herbarium.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 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)
- ↑ Carr, S. C., et al. (2010). "A Vegetation Classification of Fire-Dependent Pinelands of Florida." Castanea 75(2): 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
