Herbarium Specimen Details

Scleria eggersiana
Family Name Cyperaceae
Currently Accepted Name Scleria eggersiana Boeck. - Determined By: A. R. Franck, 08-Aug-2017
Locality USA. Florida , Hendry Co. : S end of Okaloacoochee Slough. 26° 29' 42" N 81° 15' 14" W
Description 6-7 ft. tall, linear (not bunched), sharp; stem very triangular; darker leaves with a hint of blue in the sun, the blades somewhat pleated; fruit green or milky white, bright white once picked. First noticed by Dexter Sowell in late summer/fall 2016.
Habitat Under Taxodium but not beyond it much, the water currently ankle deep; patchy Scleria lacustris all over outside the Taxodium zone.
Reproductive State Fertile
Collector E. D. Allen
with R. Brown
Collection Date 05 Jul 2017
Accession Number 294772
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Scleria eggersiana
Family Name Cyperaceae
Currently Accepted Name Scleria eggersiana Boeck. - Determined By: A. R. Franck, 08-Aug-2017
Locality USA. Florida , Hendry Co. : S end of Okaloacoochee Slough. 26° 29' 42" N 81° 15' 13" W
Description 6-7 ft. tall, linear (not bunched), sharp; stem very triangular; darker leaves with a hint of blue in the sun, the blades somewhat pleated; fruit green or milky white, bright white once picked. First noticed by Dexter Sowell in late summer/fall 2016.
Habitat Under Taxodium but not beyond it much, the water currently ankle deep; patchy Scleria lacustris all over outside the Taxodium zone.
Reproductive State Fertile
Collector E. D. Allen
with R. Brown
Collection Date 05 Jul 2017
Accession Number 294771
Image 294771.jpg
Plant Atlas Link Plant Atlas Citation