Scleria pauciflora

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Scleria pauciflora
Scleria pauciflora SEF.jpg
Photo by John Gwaltney hosted at Southeastern Flora.com
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Liliopsida - Moncots
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Scleria
Species: S. pauciflora
Binomial name
Scleria pauciflora
Muhl. ex Willd.
SCLE PAUC DIST.JPG
Natural range of Scleria pauciflora from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Taxonomic Notes

Synonym: S. ciliata

Variety: S. paciflora var. caroliniana

Description

S. pauciflora is a perennial graminoid of the Cyperaceae family that is native to North America. [1]

Distribution

S. pauciflora is found in the majority of the western United States; Georgia, South Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Ohio, Tennessee. Kentucky, Illinois, Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas, as well as Ontario, Canada. [1]

Ecology

Habitat

S. pauciflora is found in habitats such as wet and dry pine flatwoods, pine savannas, and depression meadows. [2]

Conservation and Management

Cultivation and restoration

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References and notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 USDA Plant Database
  2. Weakley, A. S. (2015). Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States. Chapel Hill, NC, University of North Carolina Herbarium.