Eleocharis elegans (Cyperaceae) new to Florida and a possible native addition to the flora of the United States
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https://doi.org/10.17348/jbrit.v12.i1.932Keywords:
Eleocharis elegans, Florida, Addition to the flora, native status, climate changeAbstract
Eleocharis elegans, a neotropical wetland sedge (Cyperaceae), is reported as new for the United States from a site in Hardee County, Florida. A number of factors suggest this represents a natural occurrence. We speculate that climate change-related factors such as increasingly frequent major storms offer the most logical explanation of its arrival in the United States.
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