Schoenoplectus pungens

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Family:	CYPERACEAE
Species:	Schoenoplectus pungens (Vahl) Palla
Common Name:	Common Three Square; Chairmaker's Rush; Three Square Club Rush; Swordgrass
Habitat:	**
Associated Ecological Communities:	**
Growth Habit:	Herb
Duration:	Perennial
Category:	Vascular
USDA Symbol:	SCPU10
Plant Notes:	**
Taxonomic Notes:	**
Status:	Native, OBL (NWI)
References:	**
Specimen:	View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

** Not applicable or data not available.

Classification

Family	CYPERACEAE - Sedge family
Genus	Schoenoplectus
Species	Schoenoplectus pungens (Vahl) Palla - Common Three Square; Chairmaker's Rush; Three Square Club Rush; Swordgrass

Citation

Citation	Schoenoplectus pungens (Vahl) Palla, Verh. K.K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 38(Sitzungsber.): 49. 1888.
Basionym:	Scirpus pungens Vahl 1805.
Type:	Without data, Herb. Vahl s.n. (holotype: C).

** Not applicable or data not available.

Synonyms

Synonym	Full Citation	Basionym	Type
Eleocharis leptophylla	Eleocharis leptophylla Schultes, Mant. 2: 88. 1824.	Scirpus tenuifolius de Candolle 1815, non Rudge 1805.
Eleogiton rothii	Eleogiton rothii (Hoppe) Fourreau, Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, ser. 2. 17: 174. 1869.	Scirpus rothii Hoppe 1814.
Heleocharis pungens	Heleocharis pungens (Vahl) Reichenbach, Fl. Saxon. 60. 1842.	Scirpus pungens Vahl 1805.
Heleogiton pungens	Heleogiton pungens (Vahl) Reichenbach, Fl. Germ. Excurs. 78. 1830.	Scirpus pungens Vahl 1805.
Scirpus americanus var. longibracteatus	Scirpus americanus Persoon, var. longibracteatus Barros & Osten, in Osten, Anales Mus. Nac. Montevideo, ser. 2. 3: 204. 1931.		URUGUAY
Scirpus americanus var. pungens	Scirpus americanus Persoon, var. pungens (Vahl) Barros & Osten, in Osten, Anales Mus. Nac. Montevideo, ser. 2. 3: 204. 1931.	Scirpus pungens Vahl 1805.
Scirpus americanus var. triangularis	Scirpus americanus Persoon, var. triangularis (Persoon) Beetle, Amer. J. Bot. 30: 400. 1943.	Scirpus triqueter Linnaeus, var. triangularis Persoon 1805.
Scirpus lomanus	Scirpus lomanus H. Pfeiffer, in Bruns, Mitt. Inst. Allg. Bot. Hamburg 8: 39. 1929.		PERU
Scirpus longifolius	Scirpus longifolius Hooker & Arnott, Bot. Beechey Voy. 49. 1832, non Richard 1792.		CHILE
Scirpus pungens var. monostachys	Scirpus pungens Vahl, var. monostachys (Sonder) Marsson, Fl. Neu-Vorpommern 516. 1869.	Scirpus rothii Hoppe, var. monostachys Sonder 1850.
Scirpus rothii	Scirpus rothii Hoppe, in Sturm, Deutsch. Fl. 9(36): pl. 4. 1814.
Scirpus rothii var. monostachys	Scirpus rothii Hoppe, var. monostachys Sonder, Fl. Hamburg. 27. 1850.
Scirpus solispicatus	Scirpus solispicatus Lunell, Amer. Midl. Naturalist 4: 230. 1915.		NORTH DAKOTA
Scirpus subappendiculatus	Scirpus subappendiculatus Steudel, Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 84. 1855.		AUSTRALIA
Scirpus tenuifolius	Scirpus tenuifolius de Candolle, in de Candolle & Lamarck, Fl. Franc. 6: 300. 1815, non Rudge 1805.		FRANCE
Scirpus triangularis	Scirpus triangularis (Persoon) MacMillan, Metasp. Minnesota Valley 99. 1892.	Scirpus triqueter Linnaeus, var. triangularis Persoon 1805.
Scirpus triqueter var. triangularis	Scirpus triqueter Linnaeus, var. triangularis Persoon, Syn. Pl. 1: 68. 1805.
Scirpus americanus
Scirpus pungens	Scirpus pungens Vahl, Enum. Pl. 2: 255. 1805.		Without data, Herb. Vahl s.n. (holotype: C).

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Baldwin, Bibb, Calhoun, Greene, Limestone, Marshall, Mobile

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AUA, JSU, SAMF, TROY, UNA, USAM, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1957 - 1996

Barcode / Accession No.	County	Coll. Date	Collector & Collection No.	Herbarium & Herbarium Name Used
UNA00029042	Marshall	06 Aug 1980	Meigs, Russell A. 1117	UNA Schoenoplectus pungens (Vahl) Palla var. pungens
JSU113103	Mobile	27 Mar 1993	Ballard, J. Mark 1192	JSU Schoenoplectus pungens (Vahl) Palla
USAM000005287	Baldwin	05 Jun 1981	LeLong, Michel G. 12053	USAM Scirpus pungens Vahl
UWAL0044291	Baldwin	10 Jul 2002	Larsen, Harry S. 1006	UWAL Schoenoplectus pungens (Vahl) Palla
TROY000047098	Mobile	10 Aug 1974	Lelong, Michel 8122	TROY Schoenoplectus pungens (Vahl) Palla
USAM000005288	Mobile	17 Jul 1981	LeLong, Michel G. 12163	USAM Scirpus pungens Vahl
AUA000022395	Mobile	11 Jun 1969	Kral, Robert 35269	AUA Schoenoplectus Pungens (Vahl) Palla
JSU113102	Mobile	16 May 1974	Whetstone, R. David 2603	JSU Schoenoplectus pungens (Vahl) Palla
UWAL0003407	Baldwin	29 May 2009	Keener, Brian R. 5379	UWAL Schoenoplectus pungens (Vahl) Palla
UNA00070163	Marshall	24 Sep 2009	Webb, David 7203	UNA Schoenoplectus pungens (Vahl) Palla
JSU113098	Baldwin	15 Jun 1993	Spaulding, Daniel D. 4127	JSU Schoenoplectus pungens (Vahl) Palla
JSU113097	Baldwin	26 Jul 1968	Johnson, Stephen C. X-49-75	JSU Schoenoplectus pungens (Vahl) Palla
AUA000024501	Baldwin	6 Jun 2006	Spaulding, Daniel D. 12466	AUA Schoenoplectus Pungens (Vahl) Palla
UWAL0003408	Baldwin	18 Jul 2007	Spaulding, Daniel D. 12704	UWAL Schoenoplectus pungens (Vahl) Palla
UNA00026632	Greene	28 Sep 1996	Ginzbarg, Steven L. 1030	UNA Scirpus pungens Vahl
ALNHS00004427	Mobile	26 Aug 2016	Barger, T. Wayne SP#2755	ALNHS Schoenoplectus pungens (Vahl) Palla
UWAL0044290	Baldwin	28 Jun 2004	Larsen, Harry S. 1378	UWAL Schoenoplectus pungens (Vahl) Palla
SAMF0002982	Baldwin	03 Jun 2015	Davenport, Lawrence J. 5811	SAMF Schoenoplectus pungens (Vahl) Palla
UNA00061139	Mobile	26 May 2003	Spaulding, Daniel D. 11868	UNA Schoenoplectus pungens (Vahl) Palla var. pungens
UWAL0003409	Baldwin	06 Jun 2006	Spaulding, Daniel D. 12466	UWAL Schoenoplectus pungens (Vahl) Palla
UWAL0049597	Limestone	28 Jul 1988	Webb, David H. 5410	UWAL Schoenoplectus pungens (Vahl) Palla
UNA00029036	Marshall	07 Jul 1978	Wiersema, John H. 389	UNA Schoenoplectus pungens (Vahl) Palla var. pungens
TROY000010743	Baldwin	15 May 2002	Keener, Brian R. 2052	TROY Schoenoplectus pungens (Vahl) Palla
JSU113104	Marshall	2 Aug 1992	Spaulding, Daniel D. 2533	JSU Schoenoplectus pungens (Vahl) Palla
JSU113101	Mobile	16 May 1974	Whetstone, R. David 2603	JSU Schoenoplectus pungens (Vahl) Palla
JSU113099	Calhoun	12 May 1986	Lawler, Carol L. 454	JSU Schoenoplectus pungens (Vahl) Palla
UNA00070166	Marshall	23 Sep 2009	Webb, David 7212	UNA Schoenoplectus pungens (Vahl) Palla
ALNHS00006634	Limestone	21 Aug 2019	Barger, T. Wayne SP#4834	ALNHS Schoenoplectus pungens (Vahl) Palla
USAM000005291	Baldwin	29 May 1981	LeLong, Michel G. 12027	USAM Scirpus pungens Vahl
USAM000005292	Mobile	14 Aug 1980	LeLong, Michel G. 11297	USAM Scirpus pungens Vahl
TROY000031840	Baldwin	29 May 2009	Keener, Brian R. 5379	TROY Schoenoplectus pungens (Vahl) Palla var. pungens
UNA00029035	Bibb	13 Jul 1979	Haynes, Robert R. 7466	UNA Schoenoplectus pungens (Vahl) Palla var. pungens
UNA00055743	Baldwin	15 May 2002	Keener, Brian R. 2052	UNA Scirpus pungens Vahl
ALNHS00008537	Mobile	13 Oct 2023	Barger, T. Wayne SP#6219	ALNHS Schoenoplectus pungens (Vahl) Palla
UWAL0002923	Mobile	30 May 2009	Keener, Brian R. 5388	UWAL Schoenoplectus pungens (Vahl) Palla
JSU113100	Marshall	25 Jun 1992	Spaulding, Daniel D. 2131	JSU Schoenoplectus pungens (Vahl) Palla
TROY000010719	Baldwin	06 Jun 2006	Spaulding, Daniel D. 12466	TROY Schoenoplectus pungens (Vahl) Palla
TROY000010720	Mobile	26 May 2003	Spaulding, Daniel D. 11868	TROY Schoenoplectus pungens (Vahl) Palla var. pungens
USAM000005289	Mobile	04 Jun 1981	LeLong, Michel G. 12038	USAM Scirpus pungens Vahl
UNA00029044	Baldwin	s.d.	Mohr, Charles s.n.	UNA Schoenoplectus pungens (Vahl) Palla var. pungens
TROY000026073	Baldwin	18 Jul 2007	Spaulding, Daniel D. 12704	TROY Schoenoplectus pungens (Vahl) Palla
UNA00029043	Mobile	27 Mar 1965	Deramus, Rebecca D 323	UNA Schoenoplectus pungens (Vahl) Palla var. pungens
UNA00029037	Mobile	10 Aug 1957	Hancock, Kenneth F. s.n.	UNA Schoenoplectus pungens (Vahl) Palla var. pungens
USAM000005290	Baldwin	05 Jun 1981	LeLong, Michel G. 12051	USAM Scirpus pungens Vahl
TROY000034041	Mobile	30 May 2008	Keener, Brian R. 5388	TROY Schoenoplectus pungens (Vahl) Palla
UWAL0044289	Baldwin	03 Dec 2001	Larsen, Harry S. 792	UWAL Schoenoplectus pungens (Vahl) Palla

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Data last modified: 11/9/2024

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Citation Information:

Keener, B.R., A.R. Diamond, T.W. Barger, L.J. Davenport, P.G. Davison, S.L. Ginzbarg, C.J. Hansen, D.D. Spaulding, J.K. Triplett, and M. Woods. 2024. Alabama Plant Atlas. [S.M. Landry and K.N. Campbell (original application development), Florida Center for Community Design and Research. University of South Florida]. University of West Alabama, Livingston, Alabama.

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