Scirpus atrocinctus

Characteristics
Scirpus atrocinctus Fernald
black-girdled wool grass
Marshes, edges of streams and ponds, wet ditches, and wet logging roads. Soils are mostly at least perennially saturated but plants can sometimes be found in slightly drier situations.
Graminoid
Perennial
Vascular
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Native FACW+, OBL (NWPL) FACW (NWPL EMP) OBL (NWPL NCNE) S5 (State Rank) G5 (Global Rank)
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Classification
Monocots
Poales
Scirpus atrocinctus Fernald - black-girdled wool grass
Citation
Scirpus atrocinctus Fernald
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Species Distribution Map

This species has been reported in the counties highlighted in the interactive distribution map below. Click on a county to display its name.

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Plant Photos
Photo By: Stephen M. Young. Photo taken: Hamilton, NY: 15 July 2008 -
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Photo by: Kyle J. Webster. Photo taken: Lewis Co., NY: 06 July 2020 -
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Photo by: Kyle J. Webster. Photo taken: Lewis Co., NY: 06 July 2020 -
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