OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

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



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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image of Carex granularis, Limestone Meadow Sedge, Corncob Sedge

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_cagr3_001_lvd

        

image of Carex granularis, Limestone Meadow Sedge, Corncob Sedge

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

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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