OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Carex allegheniensis   FAMILY Cyperaceae   Go to FSUS key



INCLUDING PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex debilis var. pubera   FAMILY Cyperaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Carex debilis var. rudgei

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 23 (2002)

Carex debilis var. rudgei

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Carex debilis var. intercursa

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Carex debilis var. pubera

INCLUDED WITHIN Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)

Carex debilis

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-17-084b:

Carex debilis var. pubera   FAMILY Cyperaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Carex allegheniensis

 

COMMON NAME:
Allegheny Sedge


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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Carex allegheniensis   FAMILY Cyperaceae

INCLUDING PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex debilis var. pubera   FAMILY Cyperaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Carex debilis var. rudgei

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 23
Carex debilis var. rudgei

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Carex debilis var. intercursa

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Carex debilis var. pubera

INCLUDED WITHIN Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Carex debilis

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-17-084b:
Carex debilis var. pubera   FAMILY Cyperaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Carex allegheniensis

 

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4460

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Monoecious

Habitat: swamps, bogs, streamhead pocosins, other moist to wet habitats, boggy pools in floodplains, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Mountains (uncommon in Carolina Piedmnt) (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal? Alternate, 3-ranked?

RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Densely cespitose [growing in dense tufts, clumping]

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Perianth absent
3 stamens
Superior ovary
Unisexual

Inf: spikes (terminal staminate or occ. gynecandrous; 2-5 lateral pistillate)

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Nutlet

 

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