OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cymophyllus fraserianus   FAMILY Cyperaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of West Virginia (Strausbaugh & Core, 1978)

Carex fraseri

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-16-001:

Cymophyllus fraseri   FAMILY Cyperaceae

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

Cymophyllus fraseri

 

COMMON NAME:
Fraser's Sedge, Lily-leaf Sedge


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image of Carex fraseriana, Fraser's Sedge, Lily-leaf Sedge

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_cyfr_001_lvd

        

image of Carex fraseriana, Fraser's Sedge, Lily-leaf Sedge

JK Marlow    jkm140418_147

April    Sevier County    TN

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Female flowers below the male, with a sac (perigynium) around the pistil, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999).

image of Carex fraseriana, Fraser's Sedge, Lily-leaf Sedge

JK Marlow    jkm140418_197

April    Sevier County    TN

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Cottony white flowers above a clump of strap-shaped leaves up to 2" wide, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

image of Carex fraseriana, Fraser's Sedge, Lily-leaf Sedge

JK Marlow    jkm160423_442443

April    Sevier County    TN

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Culms compressed or terete, per Flora of North America.

image of Carex fraseriana, Fraser's Sedge, Lily-leaf Sedge

Keith Bradley    kab_carex_fraseriana_5481

May    Avery County    NC

Grandfather Mountain State Park

The broad, straplike leaf... is unique in Cyperaceae, per Flora of North America.

image of Carex fraseriana, Fraser's Sedge, Lily-leaf Sedge

Keith Bradley    kab_carex_fraseriana_5503

May    Avery County    NC

Grandfather Mountain State Park

image of Carex fraseriana, Fraser's Sedge, Lily-leaf Sedge

JK Marlow    jkm111008_929

October    Jackson County    NC

Balsam Mountain Preserve

No midvein on the leaves, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999).

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cymophyllus fraserianus   FAMILY Cyperaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of West Virginia (Strausbaugh & Core, 1978)
Carex fraseri

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-16-001:
Cymophyllus fraseri   FAMILY Cyperaceae

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

 

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418

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Monoecious

Habitat: cove forests, mostly rather acidic and associated with Rhododendron maximum, at moderate elevations, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal

RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Rhizomes short, stout (plants in clumps)

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Perigynia white
Superior ovary
Unisexual

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer

 

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