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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Carex lupulina
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Hop Sedge at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex lupulina
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Carex lupulina
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-17-120:
Carex lupulina FAMILY Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Carex lupulina
COMMON NAME:
Hop Sedge
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_calu4_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_calu4_004_lvd
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_carex_lupulina_263
May Catawba County NC
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_carex_lupulina_267
May Catawba County NC
Perigynia ascending, lance-ovoid, shiny, glabrous; their beaks conic, per Flora of North America.
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_carex_lupulina_268
May Catawba County NC
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Carex lupulina
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex lupulina
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Carex lupulina
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-17-120:
Carex lupulina
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Carex lupulina
1980
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Monoecious
Habitat: Bottomland forests, wet meadows, marshes, swamps, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal? Alternate, 3-ranked?
RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Rhizomes short
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Perianth absent
3 stamens
Superior ovary
Unisexual
Inflorescences: spikes (terminal spike staminate; 1-5 lateral spikes pistillate)
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Nutlet
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002) p210
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p376
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