Index / Search / Scleria pauciflora var. caroliniana
§1 Plant
Scleria pauciflora Muhl. ex Willd. var. caroliniana (Willd.) Alph. Wood
vernacular Carolina nutrush — variety · Cyperaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Cyperaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Scleria
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
County-level range
· 76 counties across 15 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 76 counties across 15 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 2 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 2 N ▾
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 ↗ 16 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 4 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 1 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/SCPAC ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/4925351 ↗Record version
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