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



INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex bullata   FAMILY Cyperaceae

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

Carex bullata var. greenii

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

Carex bullata

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Carex bullata

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-17-116?:

Carex bullata   FAMILY Cyperaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Carex bullata

 

COMMON NAME:
Greene's Sedge


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image of Carex bullata var. greenei, Greene's Sedge

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_cabu7_001_lvd

        

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Carex bullata var. greenei   FAMILY Cyperaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex bullata   FAMILY Cyperaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Carex bullata var. greenii

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 23
Carex bullata

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Carex bullata

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-17-116?:
Carex bullata   FAMILY Cyperaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Carex bullata

 

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4773

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Monoecious

Habitat: Highly acidic wetlands, primarily in the Coastal Plain, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Carolina Coastal Plain, uncommon in GA Coastal Plain (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

Inflorescences: spikes (1-3 terminal spikes staminate; 1-2 lateral spikes pistillate)

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Nutlet

 

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