Scleria minor
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Photos Courtesy Renee Brecht |
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| Botanical name: | Scleria minor |
| Common name: | slender nutrush |
| Group: | monocot |
| Family: | Cyperaceae |
| Growth type: | graminoid |
| Duration: | perennial |
| Origin: | native |
| Flowering time: | Fruits late June to late August. |
| Habitat: | wet sandy or peaty soils in pinelands and savannas |
| Range in New Jersey: | restricted to the swamps of the Pine barrens and locally in the Cape May District and in Long Island. |
| Heritage ranking, if any: | n/a |
| Distribution: |  |
| Misc.: | For more information on Scleria minor, see Eflora |