OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Carex austrolucorum   FAMILY Cyperaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex lucorum var. austrolucorum   FAMILY Cyperaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Taxonomy and geographic distribution of Carex lucorum var. austrolucorum (section Acrocystis, Cyperaceae) (Poindexter & Naczi, 2014)

Carex austrolucorum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 23 (2002)

Carex lucorum var. austrolucorum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Carex lucorum var. austrolucorum

INCLUDED WITHIN Guide to the Vascular Plants of the Blue Ridge (Wofford, 1989)

Carex pensylvanica

INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED AS TO OUR MATERIAL) VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-17-044b:

Carex pensylvanica var. distans   FAMILY Cyperaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Carex lucorum

 

COMMON NAME:
Appalachian Woodland Sedge


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image of Carex austrolucorum, Appalachian Woodland Sedge

JK Marlow    jkm230428_2801

April    Greenville County    SC

Mountain Bridge Wilderness

image of Carex austrolucorum, Appalachian Woodland Sedge

JK Marlow    jkm230428_2802

April    Greenville County    SC

Mountain Bridge Wilderness

Widest leaf 1.3-2.3 (-3.7) mm wide; culm nearly smooth, per Weakley's Flora (2022).

image of Carex austrolucorum, Appalachian Woodland Sedge

JK Marlow    jkm230428_2804

April    Greenville County    SC

Mountain Bridge Wilderness

Inflorescences with both staminate and pistillate spikes, per Flora of North America.

image of Carex austrolucorum, Appalachian Woodland Sedge

JK Marlow    jkm230428_2805

April    Greenville County    SC

Mountain Bridge Wilderness

Plants with long rhizomes, forming clonal patches, per Weakley's Flora (2022).

image of Carex austrolucorum, Appalachian Woodland Sedge

JK Marlow    jkm230428_2835

April    Greenville County    SC

Mountain Bridge Wilderness

Perigynium beak 1.1-2.4mm long, body glabrous to sparsely pubescent, papillae usually absent, per Weakley's Flora (2022).

image of Carex austrolucorum, Appalachian Woodland Sedge

JK Marlow    jkm230428_2839

April    Greenville County    SC

Mountain Bridge Wilderness

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Carex austrolucorum   FAMILY Cyperaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex lucorum var. austrolucorum   FAMILY Cyperaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Taxonomy and geographic distribution of Carex lucorum var. austrolucorum (section Acrocystis, Cyperaceae) (Poindexter & Naczi, 2014)
Carex austrolucorum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 23
Carex lucorum var. austrolucorum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Carex lucorum var. austrolucorum

INCLUDED WITHIN Guide to the Vascular Plants of the Blue Ridge (Wofford, 1989)
Carex pensylvanica

INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED AS TO OUR MATERIAL) VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-17-044b:
Carex pensylvanica var. distans   FAMILY Cyperaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Carex lucorum

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

4763

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Monoecious

Habitat: Xeric to mesic wooded slopes, usually in oak forests and northern hardwood forests, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Uncommon in Carolina Mountains, rare in GA

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal?

RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Loosely cespitose [growing in dense tufts, clumping] from elongate rhizomes

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

Inflorescences: spikes (terminal spike staminate; 1-3 lateral spikes pistillate)

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Yellowish/Purplish
Nutlet

 

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