Scleria nitida Willd.
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- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Botanical Name
- Scleria nitida Willd.
- Common Name
- Shining Nutrush
- Synonym(s)
- Flora of Virginia Name/Status
- Mentioned in Comments under Scleria triglomerata Michx.
- Comments
- A Southeastern species, similar to Scleria triglomerata but with narrower leaves, pubescent sheaths, and slightly larger achenes. It is apparently always a plant of dry habitats, never in wetlands. Its status in Virginia is poorly known, as most previous floristic studies have lumped it under S. triglomerata.
- Habitat
- Dry, usually sandy woodlands and clearings. Infrequent or rare in the se. Virginia Coastal Plain, with two records from the Piedmont.
- Native Status
- Native
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