Scleria lithosperma
Florida Keys Nut Rush, Florida Keys Nutrush
Other regional names: Mountain Grass
- Mountain Grass
Also known as: Carex lithosperma J.F.Gmel. +6 more
- Carex lithosperma J.F.Gmel.
- Hypoporum lithospermum (L.) Nees
- Scirpus lithospermus L.
- Scleria lithoperma (L.) Sw.
- Scleria lithosperma subsp. filiformis Britton
- Scleria lithosperma subsp. multispiculata Govind.
- Scleria wightiana Steud.
Botanical Data
- Taxonomic Rank: Species
- Botanical Family: Cyperaceae
- WCVP Morphological Data: Recorded natively as a perennial or rhizomatous geophyte.
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Indigenous to Africa, Temperate Asia, Tropical Asia, Australasia, North America, the Pacific, and South America, Scleria lithosperma (commonly known as Florida Keys nut-rush) is a sedge belonging to the Cyperaceae family. In its natural range, this species typically occurs in seasonally dry tropical conditions. There are naturally occurring varieties of this species, which are linked below.
Macro Climate
Tropical
Plant Type
Sedge
Plant Type
Bulb
Native Range
Continents (WGSRPD)
AFRICA, ASIA-TEMPERATE, ASIA-TROPICAL, AUSTRALASIA, NORTHERN AMERICA, PACIFIC, SOUTHERN AMERICA
Regions (WGSRPD)
Australia, Brazil, Caribbean, Central America, China, East Tropical Africa, Eastern Asia, Indian Subcontinent, Indo-China, Malesia, Mexico, Northeast Tropical Africa, Northern South America, Northwestern Pacific, Papuasia, South Tropical Africa, Southeastern U.S.A., Southwestern Pacific, West Tropical Africa, West-Central Tropical Africa, Western Indian Ocean, Western South America
Botanical Countries (WGSRPD L3)
Andaman Is., Angola, Assam, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Benin, Bolivia, Borneo, Brazil North, Brazil West-Central, Burkina, Cambodia, Caroline Is., Cayman Is., China South-Central, China Southeast, Comoros, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, East Himalaya, Ethiopia, Fiji, Florida, French Guiana, Ghana, Guatemala, Hainan, Haiti, Honduras, India, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Jawa, Kenya, Leeward Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Louisiana, Madagascar, Malaya, Maluku, Marianas, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mozambique, Myanmar, New Guinea, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Northern Territory, Panama, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Samoa, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad-Tobago, Turks-Caicos Is., Vanuatu, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Vietnam, Wallis-Futuna Is., Windward Is., Zambia, Zaïre
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