Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Carex crinita var. crinita
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
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Read more about Carex at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex crinita var. crinita
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-17-103a:
Carex crinita var. crinita
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Carex crinita
COMMON NAME:
Long-fringed Sedge, Drooping Sedge
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Gill Newberry gn05_carix_crinita
May
The 2-5" pistillate spikes have a tiny flower tucked into each scale, per Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee.
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Eric Ungberg ung_carex_crinita_insitu
May Montgomery County NC
in situ - Piedmont boggy streamhead.
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Eric Ungberg ung_gestalt
May Montgomery County NC
General gestalt: C. crinita (right) seems to have longer/wider leaves than C mitchelliana (left). — Eric Ungberg
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Eric Ungberg ung_leafunder
May Montgomery County NC
Margins of C. mitchelliana (L) ~ smooth vs. C. crinita (R) harshly scabrous. Is this consistent?. — Eric Ungberg
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Eric Ungberg ung_leafupper
May Montgomery County NC
Upper leaf surface of of C. mitchelliana (L) not as strongly W-shaped as C. crinita (R). — Eric Ungberg
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Eric Ungberg ung_perigynia
May Montgomery County NC
Perigynia of C. mitchelliana (L) flattened, tapered; C. crinita (R) ~ inflated, abruptly beaked, per Weakley's Flora (2022).
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Eric Ungberg ung_pistillatescales
May Montgomery County NC
Widened portion of C. mitchelliana's pistillate scales (L) about 2x as long as C. crinita (R). — Eric Ungberg
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Eric Ungberg ung_pistillatespikes
May Montgomery County NC
Pistillate spike of C. mitchelliana (L) and C. crinita (R).
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Eric Ungberg ung_sheathsdorsal
May Montgomery County NC
Sheath backs scabrous - C. mitchelliana (on left); vs. glabrous - C. crinita (on right), per Weakley's Flora (2022).
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Eric Ungberg ung_staminatescales
May Montgomery County NC
Staminate spikes of C. mitchelliana (L) and C. crinita (R) are subtly different. — Eric Ungberg
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JK Marlow jkm0506m_33b
June Union County SC
Sumter National Forest: Tyger Ranger District
Slim pendulous spikes on 3-5' stems, per Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee.
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JK Marlow jkm0506m_35
June Union County SC
Sumter National Forest: Tyger Ranger District
Densely cespitose perennial. Leaf blades 5-10mm wide, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Carex crinita var. crinita
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex crinita var. crinita
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-17-103a:
Carex crinita var. crinita
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Carex crinita
1977
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Monoecious
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common in NC Piedmont & Coastal Plain, rare in GA-SC Coastal Plain, uncommon elsewhere in GA-NC_SC
Habitat: swamps, wet forests, bogs, and a wide range of other wetlands, per Weakley's Flora
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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal? Alternate, 3-ranked?
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Unisexual
Perianth absent
3 stamens
Superior ovary
Inflorescences: spikes (1-3 staminate & 3-6 pistillate, drooping)
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Nutlet
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee p209
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p397?