Fuirena scirpoidea
Taxonomy
Synonyms: Umbrella grass, Scirpus scirpoideus Subspecific taxa: Classification:
Other taxonomic & nomenclature sources: USDA Plants;  ITIS;  The Plant List;  IPNI Species Distribution
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Absent: Not known from county Medium confidence: Medium or unknown confidence; often old records or unverifiable observations Medium-high confidence: Often observations by expert botanists High confidence: Often vouchered herbarium records Planted / introduced: Native species introduced outside historic range, or only in planted locations within county (e.g., restorations) Historic / extirpated: Only historic records for the species; likely extirpated (Note that this category is not yet functional) North American distribution maps for this species: FLNA;  USDA Plants;  BONAP;  BISON
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Species Status
Status/Listing: Extinct Notes:According to Ebinger et al. 2010. ""Umbrella sedge is mostly a sea-coast species of brackish marshes in the southeastern United States (Kral 2002b). Mohlenbrock (2001a, 2002a) reported this species from Hamilton County (1970). Kral (2002b) in the FLNA did not list umbrella sedge for Illinois. According to Mohlenbrock (2009), this specimen was originally in the SIU herbarium but has been lost. This adventive pecies is extirpated from Illinois (Herkert and Kruse 1992)." Origin: Native
Species Description
General: Monocot, perennial Roots: adventitious, rhizomes Shoots: alternate leaf arrangment; simple leaf type; entire leaf margin; Parallel leaf venation; hastate leaf shape Inflorescence: spike Flowers: perfect; complete, regular; hypogynous ovary position Fruit: achene Physiology: autotrophic; C3 C02 fixation Reproduction: sexual, vegetative
Ecology & Natural History
Habitat: Shallow water. ILPIN Notes: Leaves reduced to bladeles sheaths; woody rhizomes; broad, thickened scales which represent the perianth, also bristles; solitary spikelets. Also spelled Fuirena scirpoidea (Michx.) Functional Relationships:
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