OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex tonsa var. tonsa   FAMILY Cyperaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Carex tonsa

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 23 (2002)

Carex tonsa var. tonsa

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Carex tonsa var. tonsa

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-17-042?:

Carex umbellata   FAMILY Cyperaceae

 

COMMON NAME:
Shaved Sedge


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image of Carex tonsa, Shaved Sedge

JK Marlow    jkm230320_1689b

March    Greenville County    SC

Bald Rock Heritage Preserve

Culms hidden among the leaves, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Carex tonsa, Shaved Sedge

JK Marlow    jkm220421_7161

April    Pickens County    SC

Nine Times Forest

Young leaves short, broad, rigid (vs those of C. rugosperma & C. umbellata long, thin, flexuous), per Weakley's Flora (2023).

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex tonsa var. tonsa   FAMILY Cyperaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Carex tonsa

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 23
Carex tonsa var. tonsa

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Carex tonsa var. tonsa

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-17-042?:
Carex umbellata   FAMILY Cyperaceae

 

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4502

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Monoecious

Habitat: Dry rock outcrops, xeric disturbed areas, old fields, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Uncommon in NC Mountains & NC Piedmont (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal

RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Loosely or densely cespitose [growing in dense tufts, clumping]

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

Inflorescences: spikes (terminal spike staminate; 1-3 lateral spikes pistillate)

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Nutlet

 

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