Scleria distans

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Species Distribution Map
Family:CYPERACEAE
Species:Scleria distans Poir.
Common Name:River Swamp Nutrush
Habitat:**
Associated Ecological Communities:**
Growth Habit:Herb
Duration:Perennial
Category:Vascular
USDA Symbol:SCDI3
Plant Notes:River Swamp Nutrush is a native herbaceous perennial in the Sedge family (Cyperaceae). It can be found in southwest Alabama. River Swamp Nutrush occurs in pine savannas, wet pinelands, in pitcher plant bogs, on wet roadsides, and in seeps. It is a loose clump-forming perennial from slender, aromatic rhizomes. The culms are erect, 5-25 inches in height, and pubescent or glabrous. Leaves are linear, ribbed, pubescent, and entire. The leaf sheath is green or reddish-brown in color, weakly ribbed, and pubescent. Flowers are produced in terminal unbranched spikes of 3-11 nodding glomerules. Each glomerule has 2-8 spikes. The bracts and scales are long ciliate. The fruit is a smooth, shining, white achene narrowed abruptly to a 3-angled base.—A. Diamond
Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Native, FACW- (NWI)
References:**
Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

** Not applicable or data not available.

Classification

FamilyCYPERACEAE - Sedge family
Genus Scleria
Species Scleria distans Poir. - River Swamp Nutrush

Citation

Citation Scleria distans Poiret, Encycl. 7: 4. 1806.
Basionym: **
Type: PUERTO RICO: Without data, Ledru 110 (lectotype: P). Lectotypified by Raynal, Adansonia, ser. 2. 16: 211-217. 1976.

** Not applicable or data not available.

Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Cenchrus hirsutus Cenchrus hirsutus Sprengel, Neue Entd. 3: 15. 1822.  
Hypoporum interruptum Hypoporum interruptum Torrey, Ann. Lyceum Nat. Hist. New York 3: 382. 1836.Scleria interrupta Michaux 1803, non Richard 1792. 
Scleria cenchroides Scleria cenchroides Kunth, Enum. Pl. 2: 352. 1837. SOUTH AFRICA:
Scleria hirtella var. glabrescens Scleria hirtella Swartz, var. glabrescens Boeckeler, Vidensk. Meddel. Dansk Naturhist. Foren. Kjoebenhavn 1869: 151. 1869.Scleria nutans Willdenow ex Kunth 1837. 
Scleria hirtella var. pauciciliata Scleria hirtella Swartz, var. pauciciliata Britton, Ann. New York Acad. Sci. 3: 236. 1885.CUBA 
Scleria humilis Scleria humilis Britton, Ann. New York Acad. Sci. 3: 235. 1885, non Steudel 1855.  
Scleria interrupta Scleria interrupta Michaux, Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 168. 1803, non Richard 1792. "Carolina ad Floridam", without data, Michaux s.n. (holotype: P).
Scleria michauxii Scleria michauxii Chapman, Fl. South. U.S. 532. 1860.Scleria interrupta Michaux 1803, non Richard 1792. 
Scleria mollis Scleria mollis Kunth, Enum. Pl. 2: 352. 1837. BRAZIL
Scleria tricholepis Scleria tricholepis Nelmes, Kew Bull. 10: 447. 1955. SIERRA LEONE: Without data, Jones 194 (holotype: K).
Scleria hirtella    
Scleria nutans Scleria nutans Willdenow ex Kunth, Enum. Pl. 2: 351. 1837. VENEZUELA: Without data, Humboldt s.n. (holotype: B-W; isotypes: HAL, P).

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Baldwin, Covington, Escambia, Mobile

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AUA, TROY, UNA, USAM, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1874 - 1969

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.		 Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used		 Image
UNA00003145 Baldwin 23 Oct 1969 Kral, Robert
38222		 UNA
Scleria distans Poir.
AUA000022561 Covington 13 Sep 1995 Sorrie, Bruce A.
8608		 AUA
Scleria Hirtella Sw.
ALNHS00008095 Baldwin 30 Aug 2022 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#5932		 ALNHS
Scleria distans Poir.
TROY000041870 Covington 21 Sep 2014 Diamond, Alvin R.
25540		 TROY
Scleria distans Poiret
UWAL0043706 Baldwin 23 Sep 2008 Larsen, Harry S.
1637		 UWAL
Scleria distans Poiret in J. Lamarck et. al.
UNA00003135 Baldwin 10 Aug 1949 Harper, Roland M.
4130		 UNA
Scleria distans Poir.
UWAL0017985 Covington 21 Sep 2014 Diamond, Alvin R.
25540		 UWAL
Scleria distans Poiret
UWAL0037065 Covington 13 Sep 1995 Sorrie, Bruce A.
s.n.		 UWAL
Scleria hirtella Swartz
UNA00003140 Mobile 14 Jul 1874 Mohr, Charles
s.n.		 UNA
Scleria distans Poir.
AUA000025694 Covington 7 Apr 1993 Oberholster, Suzanne
473		 AUA
Scleria Hirtella Sw.
TROY000044313 Escambia 29 Jun 2016 Diamond, Alvin R.
27575		 TROY
Scleria distans Poiret
USAM000005374 Baldwin 23 Aug 1976 LeLong, Michel G.
9434		 USAM
Scleria hirtella Swartz
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