PLANTS Profile for Scleria muehlenbergii (Muehlenberg's nutrush)

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Scleria muehlenbergii Steud.
Muehlenberg's nutrush

Symbol:

SCMU8

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Cyperaceae

Duration:

Annual
Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		N
PR		N

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Line Drawing of Scleria muehlenbergii Steud.

Scleria setacea

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 1: 350. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Scleria muehlenbergii Steud.

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Synonyms:
Scleria muehlenbergii Steud.

	SCREP	Scleria reticularis Michx. var. pubescens Britton
	SCSE2	Scleria setacea auct. non Poir.
	SCST5	Scleria stevensiana Britton

Distribution:
Scleria muehlenbergii Steud.


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USA (AL, DC, DE, FL, GA, IL, IN, KY, LA, MD, MO, MS, NC, NJ, NY, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, VA), USA+ (PR)

Related Taxa:
Scleria muehlenbergii Steud.

View 38 genera in Cyperaceae, 36 species in Scleria

Classification:
Scleria muehlenbergii Steud.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass	Commelinidae
Order	Cyperales
Family	Cyperaceae – Sedge family
Genus	Scleria P.J. Bergius – nutrush
Species	Scleria muehlenbergii Steud. – Muehlenberg's nutrush

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Scleria muehlenbergii Steud.

The synonyms italicized and indented below are listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

New York:
Scleria reticularis var. pubescens
reticulate nutrush		Endangered

Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Scleria muehlenbergii Steud.

Scleria setacea:

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

Reg. 2

Reg. 3

Reg. 4

Reg. 5

Reg. 6

Reg. 7

Reg. 8

Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FAC,OBL

FAC+

FAC

OBL

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Scleria muehlenbergii Steud.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 505071.

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