Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Carex nigromarginata
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Black-edged Sedge at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex nigromarginata
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-17-043a:
Carex nigromarginata var. nigromarginata FAMILY Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Carex nigro-marginata var. nigro-marginata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Carex nigro-marginata
COMMON NAME:
Black-edged Sedge
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_cani3_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm130330_544
March Spartanburg County SC
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JK Marlow jkm210309_8891
March Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm210309_8893
March Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
Leaf blades green, greatly exceeding culms, 1.4-4mm wide, per Flora of North America.
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JK Marlow jkm210309_8898
March Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm240312_7693
March Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm240312_7694
March Greenville County SC
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Glen Peterson gkp_9843_cnigromarginata
April Spartanburg County SC
Scales usually purplish, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Carex nigromarginata
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex nigromarginata
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-17-043a:
Carex nigromarginata var. nigromarginata
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Carex nigro-marginata var. nigro-marginata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Carex nigro-marginata
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Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Monoecious
Habitat: Dry woodlands and forests, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal? Alternate, 3-ranked?
RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Densely cespitose [growing in dense tufts, clumping], or with short rhizomes
FLOWER:
Spring
Perianth absent
3 stamens
Superior ovary
Unisexual
Inflorescences: spikes (terminal spike staminate; 1-3 lateral spikes pistillate)
FRUIT:
Spring
Yellowish/Purplish
Nutlet
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