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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
	
	
		 
		
	
Carex grayi 	
	
	
	
	
	 
	 
	FAMILY
	Cyperaceae
	
	
	
		 
		 
		
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Read more about Gray's Sedge at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
	
	
	
	
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	Carex grayi 
	
	
	
	 
	 
	FAMILY
	Cyperaceae
	
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-17-117:
Carex grayi FAMILY Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Carex grayii
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Carex asa-grayi
COMMON NAME:
Gray's Sedge
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Tim Spira tps_cgrayi
May
Leaves 1/4-1/2" wide. Fruits clustered in a 1" spiky-looking ball, per Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002).
	
	
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
	
	
		 
		
	
Carex grayi 	
	
	
	
	
	 
	 
	FAMILY
	Cyperaceae
	
SYNONYMOUS WITH
	
	
	PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
	
			
	
	
	
    
	
	
	Carex grayi 
	
	 
	 
	FAMILY
	Cyperaceae
	
 
SYNONYMOUS WITH
	
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-17-117:
Carex grayi 
 
 
 
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
	
 
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
	
  
	Carex grayii
	
SYNONYMOUS WITH
	
 
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
	
  
	Carex asa-grayi
	
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