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''F. breviseta'' is a perennial graminoid of the Cyperaceae family that is native to North America.<ref name= "USDA"> [https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=CEAM USDA Plant Database]</ref> It can reach heights up to 3 feet tall with bloom color ranging from yellow to green and to brown.<ref>[[https://www.wildflower.org/plants/search.php?search_field=&newsearch=true]] Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. Accessed: May 13, 2019</ref>
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Revision as of 11:41, 13 May 2019

Common Names: saltmarsh umbrella-sedge [1]; short-bristled umbrella-sedge

Fuirena breviseta
Fuirena breviseta AFP.jpg
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
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FUIR BREV DIST.JPG
Natural range of Fuirena breviseta from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

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]

Phenology

Generally, F. breviseta flowers from July until October.[3] It has been observed flowering in September, October, and November. [5]

Conservation and Management

Cultivation and restoration

Photo Gallery

References and notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 USDA Plant Database
  2. [[1]] Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. Accessed: May 13, 2019
  3. 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. 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)
  5. 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