Black sedge, Black bogrush
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Schoenus nigricans
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Cyperaceae
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Landscape Uses:
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Primarily recommended for natural landscapes and habitat restorations. |
Ecological Restoration Notes: |
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Availability: |
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Grown by enthusiasts. |
Description: |
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Medium herbaceous sedge. |
Height: |
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About 1-2 feet in height. About as broad as tall. |
Growth Rate: |
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Moderate. |
Range: |
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Sporadic in Florida from the Monroe County Keys, Miami-Dade and Broward counties north along the west coast to the Florida Panhandle; Texas, California and Nevada; West Indies, southern Mexico, Central America (Belize, Honduras) and the Old World in both temperate and tropical regions. In the Monroe County Keys, disjunct from Miami-Dade County to Big Pine Key. |
Habitats: |
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Marshes and wet pinelands. |
Soils: |
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Wet to moist, moderately well-drained to poorly-drained calcareous or sandy soils, without humus. |
Nutritional Requirements: |
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Low; it grows in nutrient poor soils. |
Salt Water Tolerance: |
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Moderate; tolerates brackish water or occasional inundation by salt water. |
Salt Wind Tolerance: |
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Low; salt wind may burn the leaves. |
Drought Tolerance: |
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Low; requires moist to wet soils and is intolerant of long periods of drought. |
Light Requirements: |
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Full sun. |
Flower Color: |
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Brownish inflorescence. |
Flower Characteristics: |
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Inconspicuous. |
Flowering Season: |
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Spring-summer. |
Fruit: |
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Inconspicuous achene. |
Wildlife and Ecology: |
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Horticultural Notes: |
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Can be grown from seed and division. |
Comments: |
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Beryn Harty, 2015 Big Pine Key, Monroe County, Florida
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Beryn Harty, 2015 Big Pine Key, Monroe County, Florida
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Beryn Harty, 2015 Big Pine Key, Monroe County, Florida
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Beryn Harty, 2015 Big Pine Key, Monroe County, Florida
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