Index / Search / Scleria ciliata
§1 Plant
Scleria ciliata Michx.
vernacular fringed nutrush — species · Cyperaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Cyperaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Scleria
§2a
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
- PR Puerto Rico Native
§2b
County-level range
· 256 counties across 16 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 256 counties across 16 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 48 N ▾
- Alachua 12001
- Baker 12003
- Bay 12005
- Bradford 12007
- Brevard 12009
- Charlotte 12015
- Citrus 12017
- Collier 12021
- Dixie 12029
- Duval 12031
- Flagler 12035
- Franklin 12037
- Gadsden 12039
- Gilchrist 12041
- Gulf 12045
- Hamilton 12047
- Hernando 12053
- Highlands 12055
- Hillsborough 12057
- Holmes 12059
- Jackson 12063
- Lafayette 12067
- Lake 12069
- Lee 12071
- Leon 12073
- Levy 12075
- Liberty 12077
- Madison 12079
- Manatee 12081
- Marion 12083
- Miami-Dade 12086
- Nassau 12089
- Okaloosa 12091
- Okeechobee 12093
- Orange 12095
- Osceola 12097
- Pasco 12101
- Pinellas 12103
- Polk 12105
- Putnam 12107
- Santa Rosa 12113
- Sarasota 12115
- St. Johns 12109
- Sumter 12119
- Suwannee 12121
- Taylor 12123
- Wakulla 12129
- Walton 12131
Georgia view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 30 N ▾
- Acadia 22001
- Allen 22003
- Beauregard 22011
- Bienville 22013
- Bossier 22015
- Caddo 22017
- Calcasieu 22019
- Catahoula 22025
- Claiborne 22027
- De Soto 22031
- East Feliciana 22037
- Evangeline 22039
- Grant 22043
- Jackson 22049
- Jefferson Davis 22053
- LaSalle 22059
- Natchitoches 22069
- Ouachita 22073
- Rapides 22079
- Red River 22081
- Sabine 22085
- St. Helena 22091
- St. Landry 22097
- St. Tammany 22103
- Tangipahoa 22105
- Union 22111
- Vernon 22115
- Washington 22117
- West Feliciana 22125
- Winn 22127
Mississippi view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 24 N ▾
- Barry 29009
- Barton 29011
- Benton 29015
- Butler 29023
- Camden 29029
- Carter 29035
- Crawford 29055
- Dent 29065
- Franklin 29071
- Iron 29093
- Jasper 29097
- Jefferson 29099
- Lawrence 29109
- McDonald 29119
- Miller 29131
- Ozark 29153
- Phelps 29161
- Shannon 29203
- St. Clair 29185
- St. Francois 29187
- Ste. Genevieve 29186
- Vernon 29217
- Washington 29221
- Wayne 29223
North Carolina view state ↗ 21 N ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Puerto Rico view state ↗ 3 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 18 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 34 N ▾
- Anderson 48001
- Angelina 48005
- Bastrop 48021
- Brazoria 48039
- Brazos 48041
- Caldwell 48055
- Dallas 48113
- Fort Bend 48157
- Freestone 48161
- Galveston 48167
- Goliad 48175
- Gregg 48183
- Harris 48201
- Henderson 48213
- Jasper 48241
- Jefferson 48245
- Lamar 48277
- Lavaca 48285
- Lee 48287
- Leon 48289
- Limestone 48293
- Milam 48331
- Montague 48337
- Montgomery 48339
- Nueces 48355
- Polk 48373
- Robertson 48395
- Sabine 48403
- Tarrant 48439
- Trinity 48455
- Walker 48471
- Washington 48477
- Wise 48497
- Wood 48499
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/SCCI ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2712333 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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