Scirpus lineatus Michaux

Locations ofScirpus lineatus Michaux in Virginia

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Detail

Family
Cyperaceae
Botanical Name
Scirpus lineatus Michaux
Common Name
Drooping Bulrush
Synonym(s)
Flora of Virginia Name/Status
Scirpus lineatus Michaux
Comments
A southeastern Coastal Plain endemic that reaches its northeastern limits in Gloucester Co., Virginia.
Habitat
Calcareous seeps, seepage swamps, and groundwater-saturated edges of impoundments and alluvial swamps; restricted to the bottom of inner Coastal Plain ravines that have downcut into Tertiary shell deposits or lime sands. Infrequent and local, but sometimes locally common, in the c. and s. Coastal Plain; known from Gloucester, James City, Surry, Sussex, and York counties and the city of Hampton.
Native Status
Native

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