Trichophorum planifolium (Sprengel) Palla
Detail
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Botanical Name
- Trichophorum planifolium (Sprengel) Palla
- Common Name
- Bashful Bulrush
- Synonym(s)
- Scirpus verecundus Fernald
- Flora of Virginia Name/Status
- Trichophorum planifolium (Sprengel) Palla
- Comments
- Reminiscent of an upland Eleocharis; the single spikelet is surpassed only by a relatively inconspicuous erect bract.
- Habitat
- Dry-mesic to dry (rarely mesic), often rocky upland forests, woodlands, and clearings; occurs on mafic, granitic, and acidic sedimentary/metasedimentary substrates but only rarely on limestone or dolostone. Infrequent but widely distributed in the Piedmont and mountains; apparently absent from far sw. Virginia.
- Native Status
- Native
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