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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Carex folliculata
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
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Read more about Northern Long Sedge at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex folliculata
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Carex folliculata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 23 (2002)
Carex folliculata
INCLUDED WITHIN Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Carex folliculata
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-17-105a:
Carex folliculata var. folliculata FAMILY Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Carex folliculata
COMMON NAME:
Northern Long Sedge
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_cafo6_001_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Carex folliculata
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex folliculata
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Carex folliculata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 23
Carex folliculata
INCLUDED WITHIN
Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Carex folliculata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-17-105a:
Carex folliculata var. folliculata
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Carex folliculata
2379
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Monoecious
Habitat: bogs, boggy forests, high elevation forests (spruce-fir), per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in NC Mountains (rare 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 (terminal staminate, overlapped by 2-3 lateral pistillate
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Nutlet
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