OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Carex communis   FAMILY Cyperaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex communis var. communis   FAMILY Cyperaceae

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Carex communis var. amplisquama

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Carex communis var. communis

INCLUDING Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 23 (2002)

Carex communis var. amplisquama

INCLUDING Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 23 (2002)

Carex communis var. communis

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Carex communis var. amplisquama

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Carex communis var. communis

INCLUDING Guide to the Vascular Plants of the Blue Ridge (Wofford, 1989)

Carex amplisquama

INCLUDING Guide to the Vascular Plants of the Blue Ridge (Wofford, 1989)

Carex communis

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-17-045:

Carex communis   FAMILY Cyperaceae

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

Carex communis

 

COMMON NAME:
Fibrous-rooted Sedge


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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Carex communis   FAMILY Cyperaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex communis var. communis   FAMILY Cyperaceae

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Carex communis var. amplisquama

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Carex communis var. communis

INCLUDING Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 23
Carex communis var. amplisquama

INCLUDING Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 23
Carex communis var. communis

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Carex communis var. amplisquama

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Carex communis var. communis

INCLUDING Guide to the Vascular Plants of the Blue Ridge (Wofford, 1989)
Carex amplisquama

INCLUDING Guide to the Vascular Plants of the Blue Ridge (Wofford, 1989)
Carex communis

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-17-045:
Carex communis   FAMILY Cyperaceae

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

 

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4281

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Monoecious

Habitat: Dry woodlands and forests, bluffs, rich forests, streambanks, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Carolina Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal? Alternate, 3-ranked?

RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Cespitose [growing in dense tufts, clumping], not elongate rhizomatous

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

Inflorescences: spikes (terminal spike staminate; 1-3 lateral spikes pistillate)

FRUIT:
Yellowish/Purplish
Nutlet

 

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