OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

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



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

 

COMMON NAME:
Gray's Sedge


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image of Carex grayi, Gray's Sedge

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_caas8_001_lvd

        

image of Carex grayi, Gray's Sedge

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_cagr5_002_lvd

        

image of Carex grayi, Gray's Sedge

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2867

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Monoecious

Habitat: Bottomland forests, tidal swamps, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

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LEAVES:
Semi-evergreen
Simple
Basal? Alternate, 3-ranked?

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Perianth absent
3 stamens
Superior ovary
Unisexual

Inflorescences: spikes (terminal spike staminate; 1-2 lateral spikes pistillate)

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Nutlet

 

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