Schoenoplectus pungens (Vahl) Palla var. pungens

Examination of North American Schoenoplectus s.J. (Cyperaceae)
Schoenoplectus pungens (Vahl) Palla var. pungens
Pet, by: Derek Shiels	19 Mar 2013
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PLANTS OF ILLINOIS, USA
Schoenoplectus (Scirpus) pungens (Vahl) Palla
var. pungens
det.: A.A. Reznicek, 14 Oct. 2000 Cyperaceae
ILLINOIS: LASALLE COUNTY ca. 41° 19' 14" N, 88° 54
35" W; Starved Rock 7.5 min. quad.; T. 33 N, R. 3 E,
NE/4, SW/4, NW/4, NW/4, sect. 29. South Ottawa; ca.
0.6 mi S of IL Rt. 71, ca. 1 mi E of Starved Rock State
Park, in Environmental Center Marsh, next to farmland E
of N-S paved farm road (E 1251 St.). Elev. ca. 480 ft.
Dark very organic clay with sand, wet, salty (Heritage
Program records).
Marsh, brackish, currently dry, with Spartina pectinata,
Schoenoplectus acutus, Typha angustifolia, Phragmites,
Apocynum sibiricum. Colonial rhizomatous scattered
perennial sedge with 3-sided pithy stems 1 m tall in open
meadow areas where not competing with Phragmites or
Typha; locally common.
Steven R. Hill 33138
7 September 2000
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