Scleria muehlenbergiiSteud.

Muehlenberg's nutrush

WFO wfo-0000552019 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Scleria muehlenbergii, photographed by Laura Clark
fig. a Laura Clark, CC BY 4.0 / 2017-07-09 / obs. 8945757
Scleria muehlenbergii, photographed by Jay Horn
fig. b Jay Horn, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 167313907
Scleria muehlenbergii, photographed by Jay Horn
fig. c Jay Horn, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 161137663
Scleria muehlenbergii, photographed by Jay Horn
fig. d Jay Horn, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 160016671
Scleria muehlenbergii, photographed by Jay Horn
fig. e Jay Horn, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 157043278
Scleria muehlenbergii, photographed by Bonnie Semmling
fig. f Bonnie Semmling, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 151082860
Scleria muehlenbergii, photographed by Scott Ward
fig. g Scott Ward, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 144391291
Scleria muehlenbergii, photographed by Brandon Corder
fig. h Brandon Corder, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 107954554

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Native range 52 botanical countries

Regions where Scleria muehlenbergii is native: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Argentina Northeast, Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Windward Is. AlabamaArkansasFloridaGeorgiaIllinoisIndianaKentuckyLouisianaMarylandMexico CentralMexico GulfMexico NortheastMexico NorthwestMexico SoutheastMexico SouthwestMississippiMissouriNew JerseyNew YorkNorth CarolinaOklahomaPennsylvaniaSouth CarolinaTennesseeTexasVirginiaArgentina NortheastBelizeBoliviaBrazil NorthBrazil NortheastBrazil West-CentralColombiaCosta RicaCubaDominican RepublicEcuadorFrench GuianaGuatemalaGuyanaHaitiHondurasNicaraguaPanamáPuerto RicoSurinameTrinidad-TobagoVenezuela DelawareDistrict of ColumbiaBahamasWindward Is.
Native distribution of Scleria muehlenbergii, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Alabama ALA NORTHERN AMERICA
Arkansas ARK
Delaware DEL
District of Columbia WDC
Florida FLA
Georgia GEO
Illinois ILL
Indiana INI
Kentucky KTY
Louisiana LOU
Maryland MRY
Mexico Central MXC
Mexico Gulf MXG
Mexico Northeast MXE
Mexico Northwest MXN
Mexico Southeast MXT
Mexico Southwest MXS
Mississippi MSI
Missouri MSO
New Jersey NWJ
New York NWY
North Carolina NCA
Oklahoma OKL
Pennsylvania PEN
South Carolina SCA
Tennessee TEN
Texas TEX
Virginia VRG
Argentina Northeast AGE SOUTHERN AMERICA
Bahamas BAH
Belize BLZ
Bolivia BOL
Brazil North BZN
Brazil Northeast BZE
Brazil West-Central BZC
Colombia CLM
Costa Rica COS
Cuba CUB
Dominican Republic DOM
Ecuador ECU
French Guiana FRG
Guatemala GUA
Guyana GUY
Haiti HAI
Honduras HON
Nicaragua NIC
Panamá PAN
Puerto Rico PUE
Suriname SUR
Trinidad-Tobago TRT
Venezuela VEN
Windward Is. WIN

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 14 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Scleria bracteata var. angusta Griseb.
  • Scleria debilis C.Wright
  • Scleria dictyocarpa C.Wright ex Griseb.
  • Scleria hemitaphra Steud.
  • Scleria latilacunosa Kük.
  • Scleria laxa Torr.
  • Scleria reticularis Muhl.
  • Scleria reticularis var. pubescens Britton
  • Scleria setacea var. hemitaphra (Steud.) Kük.
  • Scleria stereorrhiza C.Wright ex C.B.Clarke
  • Scleria stereorrhiza var. major C.B.Clarke
  • Scleria stevensiana Britton
  • Scleria torreyana Walp.
  • Scleria trichopoda C.Wright ex Small & Britton

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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