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
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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
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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