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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Carex crinita var. crinita
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Carex at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex crinita var. crinita
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Carex crinita var. crinita
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 23 (2002)
Carex crinita var. crinita
INCLUDED WITHIN Guide to the Vascular Plants of the Blue Ridge (Wofford, 1989)
Carex 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:
Long-fringed Sedge, Drooping Sedge
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Gill Newberry gn05_carix_crinita
May
Female flower clusters to 4" long, covered with stiff bristles, drooping on long slender stalks, per Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016).
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Eric Ungberg ung_carex_crinita_insitu
May Montgomery County NC
in situ - Piedmont boggy streamhead.
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Eric Ungberg ung_gestalt
May Montgomery County NC
General gestalt: C. crinita (right) seems to have longer/wider leaves than C mitchelliana (left). — Eric Ungberg
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Eric Ungberg ung_leafunder
May Montgomery County NC
Margins of C. mitchelliana (L) ~ smooth vs. C. crinita (R) harshly scabrous. Is this consistent?. — Eric Ungberg
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Eric Ungberg ung_leafupper
May Montgomery County NC
Upper leaf surface of of C. mitchelliana (L) not as strongly W-shaped as C. crinita (R). — Eric Ungberg
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Eric Ungberg ung_perigynia
May Montgomery County NC
Perigynia of C. mitchelliana (L) flattened, tapered; C. crinita (R) ~ inflated, abruptly beaked, per Weakley's Flora (2022).
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Eric Ungberg ung_pistillatescales
May Montgomery County NC
Widened portion of C. mitchelliana's pistillate scales (L) about 2x as long as C. crinita (R). — Eric Ungberg
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Eric Ungberg ung_pistillatespikes
May Montgomery County NC
Pistillate spike of C. mitchelliana (L) and C. crinita (R).
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Eric Ungberg ung_sheathsdorsal
May Montgomery County NC
Sheath backs scabrous - C. mitchelliana (on left); vs. glabrous - C. crinita (on right), per Weakley's Flora (2022).
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Eric Ungberg ung_staminatescales
May Montgomery County NC
Staminate spikes of C. mitchelliana (L) and C. crinita (R) are subtly different. — Eric Ungberg
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JK Marlow jkm0506m_35
June Union County SC
Sumter National Forest: Tyger Ranger District
Densely cespitose perennial, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Carex crinita var. crinita
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex crinita var. crinita
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Carex crinita var. crinita
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 23
Carex crinita var. crinita
INCLUDED WITHIN
Guide to the Vascular Plants of the Blue Ridge (Wofford, 1989)
Carex 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
1977
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Monoecious
Habitat: swamps, wet forests, bogs, and a wide range of other wetlands, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon (rare in Coastal Plain of GA & SC)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal? Alternate, 3-ranked?
FLOWER:
Summer
Perianth absent
3 stamens
Superior ovary
Unisexual
Inflorescences: spikes (1-3 staminate & 3-6 pistillate, drooping)
FRUIT:
Summer
Nutlet
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002) p209
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p375
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p397?
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