Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Carex superata
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Limestone Forest Sedge at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex superata
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-17-040?:
Carex willdenowii
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN & ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Carex willdenovii
INCLUDED WITHIN
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Carex willdenowii var. megarrhyncha
COMMON NAME:
Limestone Forest Sedge
No pictures are available at this time.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Carex superata
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex superata
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-17-040?:
Carex willdenowii
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN & ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Carex willdenovii
INCLUDED WITHIN
-
Carex willdenowii var. megarrhyncha
2263
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Monoecious
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Uncommon in Piedmont of GA & SC, rare elsewhere (an endemic)
Look for it in calcareous forests and woodlands, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal? Alternate, 3-ranked?
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Unisexual
Perianth absent
3 stamens
Superior ovary
Inflorescence usually a spike w staminate & pistillate flowers, staminate above
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Yellowish
Nutlet
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!