OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

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



INCLUDING PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex oxylepis var. oxylepis   FAMILY Cyperaceae

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

Carex oxylepis

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

Carex oxylepis

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Carex oxylepis var. oxylepis

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Carex oxylepis var. pubescens

SYNONYMOUS WITH Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)

Carex oxylepis

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-17-082:

Carex oxylepis   FAMILY Cyperaceae

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

Carex oxylepis

 

COMMON NAME:
Sharp-scaled Sedge


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image of Carex oxylepis, Sharp-scaled Sedge

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_caox_001_lvd

        

image of Carex oxylepis, Sharp-scaled Sedge

Terry Holdsclaw    tdh_carex_oxylepis_1

April    Iredell County    NC

image of Carex oxylepis, Sharp-scaled Sedge

Terry Holdsclaw    tdh_carex_oxylepis_2

April    Lincoln County    NC

Perigynia coarsely nerved, olive, ellipsoid, beaks short, bidentate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

 

 

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

INCLUDING PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex oxylepis var. oxylepis   FAMILY Cyperaceae

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

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

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

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Carex oxylepis

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-17-082:
Carex oxylepis   FAMILY Cyperaceae

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2265

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Monoecious

Habitat: Bottomlands, calcareous forests, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Piedmont, uncommon in Coastal Plain, rare in Mountains

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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; 2-4 lateral pistillate)

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Nutlet

 

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