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Schoenus nigricans

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Schoenus nigricans
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Schoenus
Species:
S. nigricans
Binomial name
Schoenus nigricans

Schoenus nigricans is a species of sedge known by the common names black bog-rush[2][3] and black sedge.[4] It is native to Eurasia, parts of Africa, Australia, and southern North America, including Mexico and the southernmost United States.

Description

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This perennial plant grows in low, tight clumps 20 to 70 centimeters tall, with threadlike leaves bearing wide, dark brown ligules. The inflorescence is a small, flattened cluster of dark spikelets. The fruit is an achene coated in a hard, white shell.

Habitat

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S. nigricans grows in many types of wetlands and other moist and alkaline habitat, including marshes, springs, seeps, peat bogs, heath, and alkali flats.

References

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  1. ^ Lansdown, R.V. (2013). "Schoenus nigricans". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T164511A13553777. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T164511A13553777.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ^ Schoenus nigricans. Online Atlas of the British and Irish Flora. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
  3. ^ Tucker, G. C. 2017. Schoenus nigricans. The Jepson eFlora. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
  4. ^ Schoenus nigricans. Flora of North America. eFloras.org. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
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