NameThatPlant.net: Carex grisea

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Carex grisea FAMILY Cyperaceae Go to FSUS key

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

Read more about Inflated Narrowleaf Sedge at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex grisea FAMILY Cyperaceae

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

Carex amphibola

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-17-076:

Carex grisea FAMILY Cyperaceae

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

Carex grisea

COMMON NAME:
Inflated Narrowleaf Sedge, Wood Gray Sedge

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image of Carex grisea, Inflated Narrowleaf Sedge, Wood Gray Sedge

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_cagr24_001_lvd

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Carex grisea FAMILY Cyperaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex grisea FAMILY Cyperaceae

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

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-17-076:
Carex grisea FAMILY Cyperaceae

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

2268

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Monoecious

Habitat: Well-drained floodplain forests, other mesic to dry-mesic forests, especially over base-rich substrates, per Weakley's Flora

Native to North Carolina & Georgia

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & low alternate, 3-ranked

RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Cespitose [growing in dense tufts, clumping]

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

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

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Nutlet

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