P h o t o b y E d w a r d W . C h e s t e r @ T E N N
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Habitat:
Swamps, mud, or shallow water of lakeshores, ponds & sloughs.
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Species Description:
Perennial herb.
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Phenology:
Flowering Period: Early May to late September.
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Additional Information at NatureServe
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Diagnostic Characteristics:
S. graminea submersed and or emersed aquatic plant. Leaves usually flat and grasslike or rarely with a lance-linear to broadly elliptic ovate blade. Sepals spreading to recurved in fruit. Flowers all unisexual. Petioles, peduncles, and pedicels slender and firm. Beak of the fruit 0.2 mm and the stalks of fruiting heads recurved.
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Management:
Avoid changes in moisture/hydrologic conditions at the site. Changes could result from overstory removal, stream/wetland alteration or vegetation removal that would result in increased erosion.
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Global Range:
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Known Kentucky Occurrences:
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