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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Carex crinita var. crinita   FAMILY Cyperaceae   Go to FSUS key



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

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

Carex crinita var. crinita

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

Carex crinita var. crinita

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

Carex crinita

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-17-103a:

Carex crinita var. crinita   FAMILY Cyperaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Carex crinita

 

COMMON NAME:
Long-fringed Sedge, Drooping Sedge


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Gill Newberry    gn05_carix_crinita

May        

Female flower clusters to 4" long, covered with stiff bristles, drooping on long slender stalks, per Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016).

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Eric Ungberg    ung_carex_crinita_insitu

May    Montgomery County    NC

in situ - Piedmont boggy streamhead.

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Eric Ungberg    ung_gestalt

May    Montgomery County    NC

General gestalt: C. crinita (right) seems to have longer/wider leaves than C mitchelliana (left). — Eric Ungberg

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Eric Ungberg    ung_leafunder

May    Montgomery County    NC

Margins of C. mitchelliana (L) ~ smooth vs. C. crinita (R) harshly scabrous. Is this consistent?. — Eric Ungberg

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Eric Ungberg    ung_leafupper

May    Montgomery County    NC

Upper leaf surface of of C. mitchelliana (L) not as strongly W-shaped as C. crinita (R). — Eric Ungberg

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Eric Ungberg    ung_perigynia

May    Montgomery County    NC

Perigynia of C. mitchelliana (L) flattened, tapered; C. crinita (R) ~ inflated, abruptly beaked, per Weakley's Flora (2022).

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Eric Ungberg    ung_pistillatescales

May    Montgomery County    NC

Widened portion of C. mitchelliana's pistillate scales (L) about 2x as long as C. crinita (R). — Eric Ungberg

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Eric Ungberg    ung_pistillatespikes

May    Montgomery County    NC

Pistillate spike of C. mitchelliana (L) and C. crinita (R).

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Eric Ungberg    ung_sheathsdorsal

May    Montgomery County    NC

Sheath backs scabrous - C. mitchelliana (on left); vs. glabrous - C. crinita (on right), per Weakley's Flora (2022).

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Eric Ungberg    ung_staminatescales

May    Montgomery County    NC

Staminate spikes of C. mitchelliana (L) and C. crinita (R) are subtly different. — Eric Ungberg

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JK Marlow    jkm0506m_35

June    Union County    SC

Sumter National Forest: Tyger Ranger District

Densely cespitose perennial, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Carex crinita var. crinita   FAMILY Cyperaceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Carex crinita var. crinita

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 23
Carex crinita var. crinita

INCLUDED WITHIN Guide to the Vascular Plants of the Blue Ridge (Wofford, 1989)
Carex crinita

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-17-103a:
Carex crinita var. crinita   FAMILY Cyperaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Carex crinita

 

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Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Monoecious

Habitat: swamps, wet forests, bogs, and a wide range of other wetlands, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Uncommon (rare in Coastal Plain of GA & SC)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal? Alternate, 3-ranked?

FLOWER:
Summer
Perianth absent
3 stamens
Superior ovary
Unisexual

Inflorescences: spikes (1-3 staminate & 3-6 pistillate, drooping)

FRUIT:
Summer
Nutlet

 

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