Scirpus flaccidifolius (Fernald) Schuyler

Locations ofScirpus flaccidifolius (Fernald) Schuyler in Virginia

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Detail

Family
Cyperaceae
Botanical Name
Scirpus flaccidifolius (Fernald) Schuyler
Common Name
Reclining Bulrush
Synonym(s)
Scirpus atrovirens Willd. var. flaccidifolius Fern.
Flora of Virginia Name/Status
Scirpus flaccidifolius (Fernald) Schuyler
Comments
This species is endemic to the Coastal Plain of southeastern Virginia and northeastern North Carolina. The culms are usually lax (lopping over to the ground when mature) and the erect inflorescence rays often quite elongated.
Habitat
Openly forested alluvial swamps; seasonally flooded bottomland clearings and ditches. Rare, inner Coastal Plain of se. Virginia; known only from the Nottoway and Meherrin River watersheds.
Native Status
Native

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