P h o t o b y U n i v e r s i t y o f T e n n e s s e e H e r b a r i u m ( T E N N )
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Habitat:
Swamps and ponds in shallow water.
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Species Description:
Perennial herb.
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Phenology:
Flowering Period: Early July to late October.
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Additional Information at NatureServe
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Diagnostic Characteristics:
Wetland plant with sepals spreading to recurved in fruit, all flowers unisexual. Petioles, peduncles and pedicels slender and firm. Leaves unlobed and usually linear-lanceolate but the emersed leaves may have lobes. Scape is weak and often bent at the lowest whorl of flowers. Lowest fruiting heads sessile or with pedicels less than 1 cm. Beak of achenes 0.8-1.4 mm.
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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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