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

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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex cephalophora   FAMILY Cyperaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-17-008:

Carex cephalophora   FAMILY Cyperaceae

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

Carex cephalophora

 

COMMON NAME:
Oval-leaf Sedge


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image of Carex cephalophora, Oval-leaf Sedge

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_cace_001_lvd

        

image of Carex cephalophora, Oval-leaf Sedge

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_cace_003_lvd

        

image of Carex cephalophora, Oval-leaf Sedge

Terry Holdsclaw    tdh_carex_cephalophora_1

June    Iredell County    NC

Terminal dense spikes w female flowers protruding outward in all directions, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).

image of Carex cephalophora, Oval-leaf Sedge

Terry Holdsclaw    tdh_carex_cephalophora_2

July    Iredell County    NC

Stem is erect, triangular in cross-section, slender, smooth, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex cephalophora   FAMILY Cyperaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-17-008:
Carex cephalophora   FAMILY Cyperaceae

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2273

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Monoecious

Habitat: Mesic to dry forests, especially oak-hickory forests, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal? Alternate, 3-ranked?

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Light greenish with a copper caste
Perianth absent
3 stamens
Superior ovary
Unisexual

Inflorescences: spikes w both staminate & pistillate flowers (staminate above)

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Yellowish/Brownish
Nutlet

 

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