OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex socialis   FAMILY Cyperaceae

 

COMMON NAME:
Low Woodland Sedge


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image of Carex socialis, Low Woodland Sedge

Keith Bradley    kab_237135655451642

April        SC

Beak of perigynium serrulate; pistillate scales obtuse, persistent. Perigynia 4-5× long as wide, per Weakley's Flora (2022).

image of Carex socialis, Low Woodland Sedge

Keith Bradley    kab_6044732498976899

April        SC

image of Carex socialis, Low Woodland Sedge

Bruce A. Sorrie    bas_c_socialis3ehab

May    Bladen County    NC

Roadside

Culms arise scattered along creeping rhizomes [not in tight clumps], per Weakley's Flora (2020).

image of Carex socialis, Low Woodland Sedge

Bruce A. Sorrie    bas_c_socialis9e

May    Bladen County    NC

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex socialis   FAMILY Cyperaceae

 

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4381

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Monoecious

Habitat: blackwater and brownwater swamp forests and bottomlands, forested seepage areas, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal? Alternate, 3-ranked?

FLOWER:
Spring
Perianth absent
3 stamens
Superior ovary
Unisexual

Inflorescences: spikes (consistently androgynous, occ. some laterals pistillate)

FRUIT:
Nutlet

 

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