OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Schoenoplectus americanus   FAMILY Cyperaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Schoenoplectus americanus   FAMILY Cyperaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Schoenoplectus americanus

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 23 (2002)

Schoenoplectus americanus

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Schoenoplectus americanus

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)

Scirpus americanus

SYNONYMOUS WITH Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)

Scirpus olneyi

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-08-006:

Scirpus olneyi   FAMILY Cyperaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Scirpus olneyi

 

COMMON NAME:
Olney Threesquare, chairmaker's bulrush


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image of Schoenoplectus americanus, Olney Threesquare, chairmaker's bulrush

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_scam2_001_lvd

        

image of Schoenoplectus americanus, Olney Threesquare, chairmaker's bulrush

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_scol_001_lvd

        

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Schoenoplectus americanus   FAMILY Cyperaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Schoenoplectus americanus   FAMILY Cyperaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Schoenoplectus americanus

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 23
Schoenoplectus americanus

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Schoenoplectus americanus

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Scirpus americanus

SYNONYMOUS WITH Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Scirpus olneyi

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-08-006:
Scirpus olneyi   FAMILY Cyperaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Scirpus olneyi

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

4874

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial

Habitat: Tidal freshwater to brackish marshes, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Uncommon in Coastal Plain, rare in Piedmont

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal (around 3)

RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Cespitose [growing in dense tufts, clumping], rhizomatous

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Spikelet scales bright orange- to red- or purple-brown to straw-colored, often partly translucent
Superior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Nutlets brownish or yellowish, bristles reddish

 

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