OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Carex muehlenbergii var. enervis   FAMILY Cyperaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex muehlenbergii var. enervis   FAMILY Cyperaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Carex muehlenbergii var. enervis

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

Carex muehlenbergii var. enervis

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

Carex muehlenbergii var. enervis

INCLUDED WITHIN (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-17-009?:

Carex muhlenbergii   FAMILY Cyperaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)

Carex muhlenbergii var. enervis

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Carex plana

 

COMMON NAME:
Muhlenberg’s Sedge


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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Carex muehlenbergii var. enervis   FAMILY Cyperaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex muehlenbergii var. enervis   FAMILY Cyperaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Carex muehlenbergii var. enervis

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 23
Carex muehlenbergii var. enervis

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Carex muehlenbergii var. enervis

INCLUDED WITHIN (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-17-009?:
Carex muhlenbergii   FAMILY Cyperaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Carex muhlenbergii var. enervis

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Carex plana

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

4848

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Monoecious

Habitat: Dry and often acidic woodlands and meadows, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Rare

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal? Alternate, 3-ranked?

FLOWER:
Spring
Yellow-green or yellow-brown spikes
Perianth absent
3 stamens
Superior ovary
Unisexual

Inflorescences: spikes w both staminate & pistillate flowers (staminate above)

FRUIT:
Nutlet

 

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