Index / Search / Scleria pauciflora
§1 Plant
Scleria pauciflora Muhl. ex Willd.
vernacular fewflower nutrush — species · Cyperaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Cyperaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Scleria
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 323 counties across 26 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 323 counties across 26 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 2 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 23 N ▾
- Barren 21009
- Calloway 21035
- Christian 21047
- Edmonson 21061
- Grayson 21085
- Hardin 21093
- Harlan 21095
- Henry 21103
- Laurel 21125
- Lee 21129
- Livingston 21139
- Logan 21141
- Lyon 21143
- Madison 21151
- Marshall 21157
- McCreary 21147
- Metcalfe 21169
- Montgomery 21173
- Powell 21197
- Pulaski 21199
- Todd 21219
- Trigg 21221
- Whitley 21235
Louisiana view state ↗ 20 N ▾
- Acadia 22001
- Allen 22003
- Beauregard 22011
- Bienville 22013
- Caddo 22017
- Calcasieu 22019
- East Feliciana 22037
- Evangeline 22039
- Grant 22043
- Jefferson Davis 22053
- LaSalle 22059
- Natchitoches 22069
- Sabine 22085
- St. Helena 22091
- St. Tammany 22103
- Tangipahoa 22105
- Vernon 22115
- Washington 22117
- West Feliciana 22125
- Winn 22127
Massachusetts view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 30 N ▾
- Barry 29009
- Barton 29011
- Benton 29015
- Bollinger 29017
- Butler 29023
- Carter 29035
- Crawford 29055
- Dade 29057
- Dallas 29059
- Franklin 29071
- Gasconade 29073
- Greene 29077
- Hickory 29085
- Howell 29091
- Iron 29093
- Jasper 29097
- Laclede 29105
- Lawrence 29109
- Maries 29125
- Newton 29145
- Oregon 29149
- Ozark 29153
- Perry 29157
- Phelps 29161
- Reynolds 29179
- Shannon 29203
- St. Clair 29185
- St. Francois 29187
- Webster 29225
- Wright 29229
New Jersey view state ↗ 14 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 7 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 50 N ▾
- Beaufort 37013
- Bertie 37015
- Bladen 37017
- Brunswick 37019
- Burke 37023
- Carteret 37031
- Chatham 37037
- Cherokee 37039
- Clay 37043
- Columbus 37047
- Craven 37049
- Davidson 37057
- Duplin 37061
- Durham 37063
- Forsyth 37067
- Franklin 37069
- Granville 37077
- Greene 37079
- Halifax 37083
- Harnett 37085
- Haywood 37087
- Hertford 37091
- Hyde 37095
- Iredell 37097
- Jackson 37099
- Jones 37103
- Lee 37105
- Macon 37113
- Martin 37117
- Mecklenburg 37119
- Northampton 37131
- Onslow 37133
- Orange 37135
- Pamlico 37137
- Pender 37141
- Person 37145
- Pitt 37147
- Polk 37149
- Randolph 37151
- Richmond 37153
- Robeson 37155
- Rowan 37159
- Scotland 37165
- Stokes 37169
- Union 37179
- Wake 37183
- Warren 37185
- Washington 37187
- Wilson 37195
- Yancey 37199
Oklahoma view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 9 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 32 N ▾
- Anderson 47001
- Bledsoe 47007
- Blount 47009
- Cannon 47015
- Carroll 47017
- Coffee 47031
- Cumberland 47035
- Davidson 47037
- Dickson 47043
- Fentress 47049
- Greene 47059
- Grundy 47061
- Hardin 47071
- Haywood 47075
- Henderson 47077
- Henry 47079
- Houston 47083
- Knox 47093
- Lewis 47101
- Lincoln 47103
- Marion 47115
- Marshall 47117
- McNairy 47109
- Montgomery 47125
- Morgan 47129
- Polk 47139
- Rhea 47143
- Rutherford 47149
- Sequatchie 47153
- Stewart 47161
- Van Buren 47175
- Warren 47177
Texas view state ↗ 17 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 41 N ▾
- Albemarle 51003
- Amelia 51007
- Arlington 51013
- Augusta 51015
- Bedford 51019
- Brunswick 51025
- Buckingham 51029
- Campbell 51031
- Caroline 51033
- Charlotte 51037
- Chesterfield 51041
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Floyd 51063
- Goochland 51075
- Greene 51079
- Greensville 51081
- Halifax 51083
- Hanover 51085
- Henrico 51087
- James City 51095
- Lee 51105
- Loudoun 51107
- Louisa 51109
- Lunenburg 51111
- Mecklenburg 51117
- Nelson 51125
- Northampton 51131
- Nottoway 51135
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Prince Edward 51147
- Prince George 51149
- Rappahannock 51157
- Rockbridge 51163
- Rockingham 51165
- Spotsylvania 51177
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Sussex 51183
- Warren 51187
- Westmoreland 51193
West Virginia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/SCPA5 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2712557 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
fetched 2026-05-26T11:35:19Z