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{{Short description|Species of grass-like plant}}
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|image=Scleria pauciflora BB-1913.png
|image_caption=1913 illustration<ref name=bb/>
|genus=Scleria
|species=pauciflora
|authority=Muhl. ex Willd.
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'''''Scleria pauciflora''''', known as '''few-flowered nutrush''', '''papillose nut-sedge''', and '''Carolina-whipgrass''', is a plant in the sedge family ([[Cyperaceae]]) native to northern Mexico, the eastern United States, southern Canada, and Cuba.<ref name=powo/><ref name=PLANTS/> It is common across a broad stretch of the southeastern United States in many different habitat types, becoming rare at the northern end of its distribution.<ref name=ns/>

==Taxonomy==
It was first formally described in 1805.<ref name=ipni/> Three [[variety (botany)|varieties]] are accepted:<ref name=powo/>
*''Scleria pauciflora'' var. ''caroliniana'' <small>Alph.Wood</small>
*''Scleria pauciflora'' var. ''curtissii'' <small>(Britton) Fairey</small>
*''Scleria pauciflora'' var. ''pauciflora''

==Conservation status==
It is listed as endangered in [[Massachusetts]] and [[Michigan]] and as threatened in [[Ohio]], [[Pennsylvania]], and [[Rhode Island]].<ref name=PLANTS/> In Canada, it is only known from [[Ontario]], where it is listed as an [[NatureServe conservation status|S1 species (Critically Imperiled)]].<ref name=ns/>

The variety ''Scleria pauciflora'' var. ''caroliniana'' is listed as endangered in [[Connecticut]].<ref name=ct/>

==References==
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<ref name=bb>Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 1: 350.</ref>
<ref name=ct>[http://www.ct.gov/deep/lib/deep/wildlife/pdf_files/nongame/ets15.pdf "Connecticut's Endangered, Threatened and Special Concern Species 2015"]. State of Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Bureau of Natural Resources. Retrieved 24 December 2019. <!--(Note: This list is newer than the one used by plants.usda.gov and is more up-to-date.--></ref>
<ref name=ipni>{{cite web |title=''Scleria pauciflora'' Muhl. ex Willd. |url=http://ipni.org/n/314943-1 |website=ipni.org |publisher=International Plant Names Index |accessdate=27 December 2019}}</ref>
<ref name=ns>{{cite web |title=Comprehensive Report Species - ''Scleria pauciflora'' |url=http://explorer.natureserve.org/servlet/NatureServe?searchName=Scleria+pauciflora |website=explorer.natureserve.org |accessdate=27 December 2019}}</ref>
<ref name=PLANTS>{{cite web |url=https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=SCPA5|title=Plants Profile for ''Scleria pauciflora'' (fewflower nutrush) |website=plants.usda.gov |access-date=26 December 2019 |author=<!--Not stated-->}}</ref>
<ref name=powo>{{cite web |title=''Scleria pauciflora'' Muhl. ex Willd. |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:314943-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=[[Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew]] |accessdate=27 December 2019}}</ref>
}}

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[[Category:Scleria|pauciflora]]
[[Category:Flora of Northern America]]
[[Category:Flora of Cuba]]
[[Category:Flora without expected TNC conservation status]]


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