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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Carex vulpinoidea
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
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Learn how to best distinguish Fox Sedge from C. annectens and C. stipata at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex vulpinoidea var. vulpinoidea
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Carex vulpinoidea
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-17-010:
Carex vulpinoidea FAMILY Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Carex vulpinoidea
COMMON NAME:
Fox Sedge
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_case22_001_lvd
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_c_vulpinoidea_6212
May Catawba County NC
Inflorescence 4-12cm long, somewhat bristly in superficial appearance, per Aquatic and Wetland Plants of Southeastern United States (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981).
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_c_vulpinoidea_6213
May Catawba County NC
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_c_vulpinoidea_6214
May Catawba County NC
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_carex_vulpinoidea_1
May Iredell County NC
Leaves longer than the flowering stem, per Weakley's Flora (2012).
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JK Marlow jkm190604_9009
June Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm190604_9010
June Greenville County SC
Perigynia dull yellow-green or pale brown at maturity (not red-dotted), per Weakley's Flora (2012).
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JK Marlow jkm190604_9011
June Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm190802_0560
August Greenville County SC
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Carex vulpinoidea
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex vulpinoidea var. vulpinoidea
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Carex vulpinoidea
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-17-010:
Carex vulpinoidea
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Carex vulpinoidea
2260
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Monoecious
Habitat: Low fields, ditches, fens, seeps, tidal freshwater marshes, other wet (and especially disturbed) sites, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal? Alternate, 3-ranked?
RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Densely cespitose [growing in dense tufts, clumping]
FLOWER:
Summer
Perianth absent
3 stamens
Superior ovary
Unisexual
Inflorescences: spikes w both staminate & pistillate flowers (staminate above)
FRUIT:
Summer
Yellowish/Brownish
Nutlet
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