Scleria melaleuca Rchb. ex Schltdl. & Cham.

Plants of Puerto Rico
Herbarium, Department of Biology (MAPR)
University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez
Scleria melaleuca Rchb. ex Schltdl. & Cham.
Erect clumps; achenes white. Common in wet mud in
weedy, herb dominated transition zone between edge
of road and edge of marsh.
Anasco, Rio Canas, Cienoga Isabel along NW-SE dirt
road on N side of marsh opposite Quebrada Chiquita.
18°15'27.4"N, 67°07'48.8"W, elev 7-10 m. Clay soil.
G. J. Breckon 7905 with Stephanie Whitmore
28 July 2006
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