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

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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex virescens   FAMILY Cyperaceae

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

Carex virescens

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

Carex virescens

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-17-086:

Carex virescens   FAMILY Cyperaceae

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

Carex virescens

 

COMMON NAME:
Ribbed Sedge


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image of Carex virescens, Ribbed Sedge

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_cavi4_001_lvd

        

image of Carex virescens, Ribbed Sedge

JK Marlow    jkm230523_3360

May    Greenville County    SC

Watson-Cooper Heritage Preserve

Differs from C. caroliniana, C. complanata, and C. swanii in its narrower, very long spikes, per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

image of Carex virescens, Ribbed Sedge

JK Marlow    jkm230523_3361

May    Greenville County    SC

Watson-Cooper Heritage Preserve

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex virescens   FAMILY Cyperaceae

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

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-17-086:
Carex virescens   FAMILY Cyperaceae

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

 

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1996

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Monoecious

Habitat: Nutrient-rich forests, woodlands, and openings, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Carolina Mountains & NC Piedmont, uncommon in GA Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal? Alternate, 3-ranked?

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

Inflorescences: spikes (terminal spike gynecandrous; 3-4 lateral pistillate)

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Nutlet

 

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