OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Carex glaucescens   FAMILY Cyperaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex glaucescens   FAMILY Cyperaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-17-098:

Carex glaucescens   FAMILY Cyperaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Carex glaucescens

 

COMMON NAME:
Blue Sedge, Southern Waxy Sedge


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image of Carex glaucescens, Blue Sedge, Southern Waxy Sedge

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_cagl5_001_lvd

        

image of Carex glaucescens, Blue Sedge, Southern Waxy Sedge

Will Stuart    wil_8462430012_821d07ae62

July        

Get to know this sedge: it's common and it may be a gateway to other sedges, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).

image of Carex glaucescens, Blue Sedge, Southern Waxy Sedge

Will Stuart    wil8461332183_f121c7bb4bb

July        

Stem terminated by a straw-colored male spike and 3-5 female spikes below, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).

image of Carex glaucescens, Blue Sedge, Southern Waxy Sedge

Will Stuart    wil8461332183_f74747a509c

July        

One of the few Carex species in Carolinas that are rather strongly glaucous, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).

image of Carex glaucescens, Blue Sedge, Southern Waxy Sedge

Will Stuart    wil8461332183_f74747a509d

July        

Male spike terminal, upright, 3-5.5cm long, green turning brown, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Carex glaucescens   FAMILY Cyperaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex glaucescens   FAMILY Cyperaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-17-098:
Carex glaucescens   FAMILY Cyperaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Carex glaucescens

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2989

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Monoecious

Habitat: blackwater swamps, pocosins, wet pine savannas, seepage bogs, depression ponds, pondcypress savannas, other acid and peaty situations, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal? Alternate, 3-ranked?

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Perianth absent
3 stamens
Superior ovary
Unisexual

Inflorescences: spikes (terminal staminate; 3-7 lateral pistilate or androgynous

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Nutlet

 

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