Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Carex granularis
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex granularis
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-17-073:
Carex granularis FAMILY Cyperaceae
INCLUDING Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Carex granularis var. granularis
INCLUDING Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Carex granularis var. haleana
INCLUDING Poales, Cyperaceae, Cypereae (pars). North American Flora (Mackenzie, 1931-35)
Carex haleana
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Carex granularis
COMMON NAME:
Limestone Meadow Sedge, Corncob Sedge
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_cagr3_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_cagr3_003_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Carex granularis
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex granularis
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-17-073:
Carex granularis
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
INCLUDING
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Carex granularis var. granularis
INCLUDING
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Carex granularis var. haleana
INCLUDING
Poales, Cyperaceae, Cypereae (pars). North American Flora (Mackenzie, 1931-35)
Carex haleana
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Carex granularis
4438
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Monoecious
Habitat: Moist, nutrient-rich forests, especially bottomlands, mostly over calcareous rocks (limestone, dolostone, coquina limestone) or mafic rocks (diabase), per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & low alternate, 3-ranked
RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Cespitose [growing in dense tufts, clumping]
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Perianth absent
3 stamens
Superior ovary
Unisexual
Inflorescences: spikes (terminal spike staminate; 2-4 lateral spikes pistillate)
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Nutlet
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