OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex prasina   FAMILY Cyperaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-17-078:

Carex prasina   FAMILY Cyperaceae

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

Carex prasina

 

COMMON NAME:
Necklace Sedge, Drooping Sedge


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image of Carex prasina, Necklace Sedge, Drooping Sedge

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_capr12_001_lvd

        

image of Carex prasina, Necklace Sedge, Drooping Sedge

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_capr12_003_lvd

        

image of Carex prasina, Necklace Sedge, Drooping Sedge

Gill Newberry    gn1_7222

April    Sevier County    TN

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

image of Carex prasina, Necklace Sedge, Drooping Sedge

Gill Newberry    gn1_7225001

April    Sevier County    TN

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Staminate spike 3-4cm long; 2-3 pistillate spikes, 3-4.5cm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Carex prasina, Necklace Sedge, Drooping Sedge

JK Marlow    jkm170414_661

April    Sevier County    TN

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

image of Carex prasina, Necklace Sedge, Drooping Sedge

JK Marlow    jkm170414_661b

April    Sevier County    TN

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Pistillate spikes linear, elongate, drooping, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Carex prasina, Necklace Sedge, Drooping Sedge

JK Marlow    jkm060506_041

May    Oconee County    SC

Clemson Forest

image of Carex prasina, Necklace Sedge, Drooping Sedge

JK Marlow    jkm060506_044

May    Oconee County    SC

Clemson Forest

Leaf blades glabrous, 2-4mm wide, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex prasina   FAMILY Cyperaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-17-078:
Carex prasina   FAMILY Cyperaceae

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2264

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Monoecious

Habitat: seepage swamps, brook banks, rocky stream margins, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal? Alternate, 3-ranked?

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

Inf: spikes (terminal norm. gynecandrous, oft staminate; 2-3 lateral pistillate)

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Nutlet

 

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