Bolboschoenus

Bolboschoenus glaucus (Lam.) S.G. Smith!
X maritimus (L.) Palla
FLORA OF NORTH AMERICA PROJECT
det. S. Galen Smith (WIS), 1996
Schoenoplectus glaucus (Lamarck) S. G. Smith, ined. \
= Scirpus tuberosus ^sf^jru^applied	^ (Oil
FLORA OF NORTH AMERICA PROJECT
Det. S. Galen Smith
University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
Scirpus tuberosus Desf.
det. A. E. Schuyler jCf/jç
Distributed by the Herbarium of the University or California
CALIFORNIA
BOTANICAL
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NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
Scirpus tuberosa Desf.
Species introduced prior to 1948 and now cultivated as food
for wild ducks. Forming extensive stand in a field which
was plowed in spring and then kept flooded to ca. 6 inches;
also in drainage ditches. Somewhat alkaline soil on Los
Banos Waterfowl Refuge, ca. z miles north of Los Banos,
Merced County.
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Fruits removed for study by J. Browning (NU) 1994
Galen Smith 3134
(with Roy Taylor)
5-6 September 1958
A, achene; B, pericarp surface; C,
transverse sectiorTof achene; D, detail of pericarp in section. Smjth_31_34 (NY).
Scale bar A = 500 pm; B = 25 pm; C = 400 pm; D = 40 pm.
Scanning electron micrographs of achenes
published in: J. Browning, K.D. Gordon-Gray
6 S.G. Smith. Achene structure and taxonomy
of North American Bolboschoenus (Cyperaceae).
Brittonia 47: 433—445. 1995.
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