Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Carex grayi
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Gray's Sedge at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex grayi
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-17-117:
Carex grayi FAMILY Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Carex grayii
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Carex asa-grayi
COMMON NAME:
Gray's Sedge
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_caas8_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_cagr5_002_lvd
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Tim Spira tps_cgrayi
May
Leaves 1/4-1/2" wide. Fruits clustered in a 1" spiky-looking ball, per Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Carex grayi
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex grayi
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-17-117:
Carex grayi
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Carex grayii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Carex asa-grayi
2867
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Monoecious
Habitat: Bottomland forests, tidal swamps, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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LEAVES:
Semi-evergreen
Simple
Basal? Alternate, 3-ranked?
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Perianth absent
3 stamens
Superior ovary
Unisexual
Inflorescences: spikes (terminal spike staminate; 1-2 lateral spikes pistillate)
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Nutlet
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