OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex striata var. brevis   FAMILY Cyperaceae

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

Carex striata var. brevis

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

Carex striata var. brevis

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

Carex striata var. brevis

INCLUDED WITHIN Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)

Carex walteriana

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-17-094?:

Carex walteriana   FAMILY Cyperaceae

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

Carex walteriana var. brevis

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

Carex walteriana

 

COMMON NAME:
Walter’s Sedge


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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex striata var. brevis   FAMILY Cyperaceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 23
Carex striata var. brevis

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Carex striata var. brevis

INCLUDED WITHIN Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Carex walteriana

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-17-094?:
Carex walteriana   FAMILY Cyperaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Carex walteriana var. brevis

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

 

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4853

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Monoecious

Habitat: pocosins, limesink ponds, small depression ponds, clay-based Carolina bays, acid peaty swamps, wet savannas (dominated by Pinus serotina and/or Taxodium ascendens), per Weakley's Flora

Common in NC, uncommon in SC

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal? Alternate, 3-ranked?

RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Rhizomes long, scaly; plants forming large clonal colonies

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

Inflorescences: spikes (1-3 staminate & 1-2 pistillate)

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Brownish
Nutlet

 

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