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Scleria verticillata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Scleria
Species:
S. verticillata
Binomial name
Scleria verticillata
Muhl. ex Willd.

Scleria verticillata, known as low nutrush or whorled nutrush, is a plant in the sedge family Cyperaceae. It is native to Ontario, Canada, the eastern United States, The Bahamas, and Cuba. [1]

Conservation status

It is listed as endangered in Maryland, New Jersey, New York (state), and in Pennsylvania. It is listed as threatened in Arkansas, Iowa, and Minnesota, and as a special concern in Tennessee. [2] It is listed as a special concern and believed extirpated in Connecticut. [3]

In Canada, it is only known from Ontario, where it is listed as an S3 species (Vulnerable). [4]

References

  1. ^ Reznicek, A. A.; John E. Fairey III; Alan T. Whittemore (2002). "Scleria verticillata". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). Vol. 23. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press. Retrieved 27 December 2019 – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
  2. ^ "Plants Profile for Scleria verticillata (low nutrush)". plants.usda.gov. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
  3. ^ "Connecticut's Endangered, Threatened and Special Concern Species 2015". State of Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Bureau of Natural Resources. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
  4. ^ "Comprehensive Report Species - Scleria verticillata". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 27 December 2019.