Scirpus robustus Pursh
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Authority
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
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Family
Cyperaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Perennial by rootstocks; culm stout, stiff, 3-angled with flat sides, smooth, 0.5-1.4 m. tall. Leaves dark green, smooth, 5-10 mm. wide; involucral leaves 2-4, elongated, similar to the lower ones; spikelets ovoid-oblong, stout, 1.5-2.5 cm. long, 8-10 mm. in diameter, 6-20 together in a dense terminal cluster; scales ovate, brown, puberulent, thin, the midvein excurrent into an, at length, reflexed awn 3-5 mm. long; bristles 1-6, fragile, shorter than the achene, or none; style 3-cleft; achene compressed, flat on the face, convex or with a low ridge on the back, obovate-orbicular, dark brown, shining, 3 mm. long.
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Distribution
Marshes, Little Inagua : Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the United States. Salt Marsh Bulrush.
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