Schoenoplectus pungens

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Schoenoplectus pungens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Schoenoplectus
Species: S. pungens
Binomial name
Schoenoplectus pungens
(Vahl) Palla
Synonyms

Scirpus pungens

Schoenoplectus pungens (syn. Scirpus pungens) is a species of flowering plant in the sedge family known by the common name Common Three-Square.

Schoenoplectus pungens

Location

It is a herbaceous emergent plant that is native to the Americas, Europe, Australasia, and elsewhere. This species can be found in a wet habitat in areas of marshes or shoes that have water that is about two to three feet deep. [1]

Schoenoplectus pungens (Vahl) Palla, syn. Cyperus pungens (Vahl) Missbach & E.H.L.Krause, nom. ill.

Classification

The taxonomy of the Schoenoplectus pungens is as follows:

  • Kingdom -Plantae-Plants
  • Subkingdom-Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
  • Superdivision-Spermatophyta – Seed plants
  • Division-Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
  • Class-Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
  • Subclass-Commelinidae
  • Order-Cyperales
  • Family-Cyperaceae – Sedge family
  • Genus-Schoenoplectus
  • Species-Schoenoplectus pungens [2]

Information

Schoenoplectus pungens has a common name of Common Three-Square.[3] It is considered to be a monocotyledon, is a perennial herb.[4] The best season for growth is summer. This species of plant is also fire resistant. The bloom period is in the late spring. The sason in which it stops producing seeds in the Fall. It is also recorded to have a long lifespan. The average height of its mature age is about 4.9 feet. [5] This species of plant needs full exposure to the sun and cannot adapt to shade. The soil that it grows in must be wet and flooded.[3] It is known to occur almost always under natural conditions in wetlands.[6]

Characteristics

The foliage is of a dark green color. The flowers of this plant are blue. The seed color is brown. The foliage texture is rough and dense. [5]

References

  1. ↑ "Family Cyperaceae Schoenoplectus pungens (Vahl) Palla". Wisplants. Retrieved 4 February 2013. 
  2. ↑ "Schoenoplectus pungens (Vahl) Palla common threesquare". United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 4 February 2013. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Schoenoplectus pungens v. pungens (Scirpus pungens, Scirpus americanus)". Native Plant Center. Retrieved 4 January 2013. 
  4. ↑ "Schoenoplectus pungens (Vahl) Palla". CalFlora. Retrieved 4 February 2013. 
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Conservation Plant Characteristics". USDA.gov. Retrieved 4 February 2013. 
  6. ↑ "Scirpus pungens Vahl three square". CalFlora. Retrieved 4 February 2013. 

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