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                | Black sedge, Black bogrush
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                | Schoenus nigricans  
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                | Cyperaceae 
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                | Landscape Uses:
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                |  | Primarily recommended for natural landscapes and habitat restorations. |  
                | Ecological Restoration Notes: |  
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                | Availability: |  
                |  | Grown by enthusiasts. |  
                | Description: |  
                |  | Medium herbaceous sedge. |  
                | Height: |  
                |  | About 1-2 feet in height.  About as broad as tall. |  
                | Growth Rate: |  
                |  | Moderate. |  
                | Range: |  
                |  | Sporadic in Florida from the Monroe County Keys, Miami-Dade and Broward counties north along the west coast to the Florida Panhandle; Texas, California and Nevada; West Indies, southern Mexico, Central America (Belize, Honduras) and the Old World in both temperate and tropical regions.  In the Monroe County Keys, disjunct from Miami-Dade County to Big Pine Key. |  
                | Habitats: |  
                |  | Marshes and wet pinelands. |  
                | Soils: |  
                |  | Wet to moist, moderately well-drained to poorly-drained calcareous or sandy soils, without humus. |  
                | Nutritional Requirements: |  
                |  | Low; it grows in nutrient poor soils. |  
                | Salt Water Tolerance: |  
                |  | Moderate; tolerates brackish water or occasional inundation by salt water. |  
                | Salt Wind Tolerance: |  
                |  | Low; salt wind may burn the leaves. |  
                | Drought Tolerance: |  
                |  | Low; requires moist to wet soils and is intolerant of long periods of drought. |  
                | Light Requirements: |  
                |  | Full sun. |  
                | Flower Color: |  
                |  | Brownish inflorescence. |  
                | Flower Characteristics: |  
                |  | Inconspicuous. |  
                | Flowering Season: |  
                |  | Spring-summer. |  
                | Fruit: |  
                |  | Inconspicuous achene. |  
                | Wildlife and Ecology: |  
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                | Horticultural Notes: |  
                |  | Can be grown from seed and division. |  
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                | Beryn Harty, 2015 Big Pine Key, Monroe County, Florida
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                | Beryn Harty, 2015 Big Pine Key, Monroe County, Florida
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                | Beryn Harty, 2015 Big Pine Key, Monroe County, Florida
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                | Beryn Harty, 2015 Big Pine Key, Monroe County, Florida
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