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Cyperaceae
Cyperus

not marked as a favorite taxon Cyperus subsquarrosus (Muhlenberg) Bauters. Common name: Smallflower Halfchaff. Phenology: Jul-Aug. Habitat: Riverbank draw-down zones, other moist sandy areas, like seasonally flooded shores of artificial impoundments. Distribution: ME west to ON and MN, south to s. FL and TX; south into tropical America.

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Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = Can, K4, NY, POWO, Bauters et al (2014); = Hemicarpha micrantha (Vahl) Pax — F, GrPl, GW1, Il, RAB; = Hemicarpha micrantha (Vahl) Pax var. micrantha — C, Tx; = Hemicarpha micrantha (Vahl) Pax var. minor (Schrad.) Friedl. — G; = Lipocarpha micrantha (Vahl) G.C.Tucker — ETx1, FNA23, Mex, Mi, Mo1, NcTx, NE, NS, Pa, Tn, Va, WH3, Goetghebeur & Van den Borre (1989), Tucker (1987); < Hemicarpha micrantha (Vahl) Pax — S, S13; Scirpus subsquarrosus Muhlenberg. Basionym: Scirpus subsquarrosus Muhl. 1817

Links to other floras: = Lipocarpha micrantha - FNA23

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACW (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACW (name change)
  • Great Plains: FACW (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
  • Midwest: OBL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
  • Northcentral & Northeast: OBL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)

Heliophily ⓘ: 9

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image #1 of Cyperus subsquarrosus© Gary P. Fleming | Original Image ⭷
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