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Scirpus pallidus (Britton) Fernald. Common name: Cloaked Bulrush. Phenology: Jul-Sep. Habitat: Marshes. Distribution: ON west to BC, south to WI, MO, TX, NM, AZ, OR. Possibly disjunct (and if so, probably introduced) in se. PA (reported by Rhoads & Klein [1993] but not by Rhoads & Block [2007]) and NJ (Kartesz [1999, 2010], with no definite county location).

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = Can, F, FNA23, GrPl, K4, Mo1, NS, POWO; = n/a — Pa; = Scirpus atrovirens Willd. var. pallidus Britton — C, G, Tx. Basionym: Scirpus atrovirens Willd. var. pallidus Britton 1889

Links to other floras: = Scirpus pallidus - FNA23

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: OBL
  • Great Plains: OBL
  • Midwest: OBL
  • Northcentral & Northeast: OBL

Heliophily ⓘ: 9

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