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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (2/10/25):
Carex crinita var. brevicrinis
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
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Short-fringed Sedge is readily separated from var. crinita by smooth achenes, lacking a constriction or a groove in the side. Separated from C. mitchelliana and C. gynandra by glabrous leaf sheaths (vs. scabrous) and retuse tips of female scales (vs. truncate to acuminate), per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex crinita var. brevicrinis
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Carex crinita var. brevicrinis
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 23 (2002)
Carex crinita var. brevicrinis
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Carex crinita var. brevicrinis
INCLUDED WITHIN Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Carex crinita var. crinita
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-17-103a?:
Carex crinita var. crinita FAMILY Cyperaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Carex crinita
COMMON NAME:
Short-fringed Sedge
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (2/10/25):
Carex crinita var. brevicrinis
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex crinita var. brevicrinis
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Carex crinita var. brevicrinis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 23
Carex crinita var. brevicrinis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Carex crinita var. brevicrinis
INCLUDED WITHIN
Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Carex crinita var. crinita
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-17-103a?:
Carex crinita var. crinita
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Carex crinita
5004
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Monoecious
Habitat: swamps, wet forests, and a wide range of other wetlands, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in GA Mtns & NC Pdmt, rare in GA Coastal Plain & NC Mtns (uncommon elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal? Alternate, 3-ranked?
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Perianth absent
3 stamens
Superior ovary
Unisexual
Inflorescences: spikes (1-3? staminate & 3-5 pistillate, drooping)
FRUIT:
Summer?
Nutlet
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