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Iridaceae
Sisyrinchium

not marked as a favorite taxon Sisyrinchium fuscatum E.P. Bicknell. Common name: Coastal Plain Blue-eyed-grass. Phenology: Mar-Jul; Mar-Aug. Habitat: Xeric to dry soils of pine barrens, Carolina bay rims, longleaf pine sandhills, fluvial sand ridges. Distribution: E. VA south to n. FL, west to LA.

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Origin/Endemic status: Endemic

Synonymy ⓘ: = Can, F, G, GW1, Mi, RAB, Va; < Sisyrinchium fuscatum E.P.Bicknell — C, FNA26, K4, NE, NY; > Sisyrinchium fuscatum E.P.Bicknell — S, S13; > Sisyrinchium incrustatum E.P.Bicknell — S, S13; < Sisyrinchium nashii E.P.Bicknell — WH3; Sisyrinchium fuscatum E.P.Bicknell. Basionym: Sisyrinchium fuscatum E.P.Bicknell 1899

Links to other floras: < Sisyrinchium fuscatum - FNA26

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: UPL (taxonomic lump from wetland indicator species)
  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FAC (taxonomic lump from wetland indicator species)
  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACU (taxonomic lump from wetland indicator species)
  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FAC (taxonomic lump from wetland indicator species)
  • Midwest: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
  • Northcentral & Northeast: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)

Heliophily ⓘ: 9

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image #1 of Sisyrinchium fuscatum© Eric M Powell, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Eric M Powell source CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
image #2 of Sisyrinchium fuscatum© Alan Weakley source | Original Image ⭷
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image #4 of Sisyrinchium fuscatum© Alan Weakley source | Original Image ⭷
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image #6 of Sisyrinchium fuscatum© Eric M Powell, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Eric M Powell source CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
image #7 of Sisyrinchium fuscatum© Eric M Powell, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Eric M Powell source CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
image #8 of Sisyrinchium fuscatum© Alan Weakley source | Original Image ⭷

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