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Cyperaceae
Scleria

Scleria baldwinii (Torrey) Steudel. Common name: Baldwin's Nutrush. Phenology: Apr-Jul. Habitat: Wet pine or pondcypress savannas, under Pinus serotina, P. palustris, and/or Taxodium ascendens. Distribution: Se. NC south to s. FL and west to se. TX; also in w. Cuba and the Bahamas (Sorrie & LeBlond 1997).

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ID notes: Scleria baldwinii is a robust nutrush, having a stem up to a meter tall, from a thick, knotty, horizontal rhizome. The spikelets are in a terminal cluster, with a long erect bract that appears as a continuation of the stem. It is similar to Scleria georgiana, but is larger in almost all respects, including the achenes (3-4 mm long vs. 2-3 mm long in that species).

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = ETx1, FNA23, GW1, K4, NS, POWO, RAB, Tx, WH3, WI, Fairey (1967); > Scleria baldwinii (Torr.) Steud. — S; > Scleria baldwinii (Torr.) Steud. var. baldwinii — S13; > Scleria baldwinii (Torr.) Steud. var. costata Britton — S13; > Scleria costata (Britton) Small — S; Hypoporum baldwinii Torrey. Basionym: Hypoporum baldwinii Torr. 1836

Links to other floras: = Scleria baldwinii - FNA23

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACW

Heliophily ⓘ: 8

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