OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex atlantica ssp. atlantica   FAMILY Cyperaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)

Carex atlantica var. atlantica

INCLUDING VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-17-024 & 025:

Carex atlantica   FAMILY Cyperaceae

INCLUDING Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968)

Carex incomperta

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Carex atlantica

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Carex incomperta

 

COMMON NAME:
Prickly Bog Sedge


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image of Carex atlantica, Prickly Bog Sedge

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_cain31_001_lvd

        

image of Carex atlantica, Prickly Bog Sedge

JK Marlow    jkm210426_9783

April    Greenville County    SC

Blackwell Heritage Preserve

Leaf blades 1.5-3mm wide. Spikes more than 1 per culm, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Carex atlantica, Prickly Bog Sedge

JK Marlow    jkm210426_9789

April    Greenville County    SC

Blackwell Heritage Preserve

Spikes mostly uniform, sessile. Perigynia broadly ovoid, spreading, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Carex atlantica, Prickly Bog Sedge

JK Marlow    jkm210507_0040

May    Greenville County    SC

Blackwell Heritage Preserve

image of Carex atlantica, Prickly Bog Sedge

JK Marlow    jkm210507_0072

May    Greenville County    SC

Blackwell Heritage Preserve

image of Carex atlantica, Prickly Bog Sedge

JK Marlow    jkm220503_7530

May    Greenville County    SC

Bald Rock Heritage Preserve

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex atlantica ssp. atlantica   FAMILY Cyperaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Carex atlantica var. atlantica

INCLUDING VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-17-024 & 025:
Carex atlantica   FAMILY Cyperaceae

INCLUDING Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968)
Carex incomperta

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Carex atlantica

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Carex incomperta

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

4449

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Monoecious

Habitat: bogs and seepages, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

map
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.

LEAVES:
Simple
Basal? Alternate, 3-ranked?

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

Inflorescence a spike

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Nutlet

 

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