OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex folliculata   FAMILY Cyperaceae

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

Carex folliculata

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

Carex folliculata

INCLUDED WITHIN Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)

Carex folliculata

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-17-105a:

Carex folliculata var. folliculata   FAMILY Cyperaceae

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

Carex folliculata

 

COMMON NAME:
Northern Long Sedge


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image of Carex folliculata, Northern Long Sedge

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_cafo6_001_lvd

        

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex folliculata   FAMILY Cyperaceae

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

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

INCLUDED WITHIN Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Carex folliculata

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-17-105a:
Carex folliculata var. folliculata   FAMILY Cyperaceae

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2379

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Monoecious

Habitat: bogs, boggy forests, high elevation forests (spruce-fir), per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in NC 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 staminate, overlapped by 2-3 lateral pistillate

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Nutlet

 

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