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Few-flowered nutrush

Scleria pauciflora

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Scleria pauciflora, known as few-flowered nutrush, papillose nut-sedge, and Carolina-whipgrass, is a plant in the sedge family (Cyperaceae) native to northern Mexico, the eastern United States, southern Canada, and Cuba. It is common across a broad stretch of the southeastern United States in many different habitat types, becoming rare at the northern end of its distribution. It has been observed to occur in habitats such as pine savannas, wet and dry pine flatwoods, slashpine woods, and along boggy riverbanks.

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Ecology

How it lives

Propagated by
Seed
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Name
Scleria pauciflora
Slug
scleria-pauciflora
Kingdom
Plantae
Family
Cyperaceae
Genus
Scleria
Species
pauciflora
Propagule type
seed
Container suitable
No
Indoor suitable
No
OSSI pledged
No
Hazard level
1
Data completeness
43

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