Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Carex blanda
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Eastern Woodland Sedge at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex blanda
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-17-068:
Carex blanda
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Carex laxiflora var. blanda
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Carex blanda
COMMON NAME:
Eastern Woodland Sedge, Charming Sedge
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_cabl_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_cabl_006_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Carex blanda
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex blanda
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-17-068:
Carex blanda
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Carex laxiflora var. blanda
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Carex blanda
2275
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Monoecious
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common (uncommon in GA Coastal Plain)
Look for it in cove forests, bottomlands, and other mesic, nutrient-rich forests, 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.
...Moist
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & low alternate, 3-ranked
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Unisexual
Perianth absent
3 stamens
Superior ovary
Inflorescences: spikes (terminal staminate, overtopped by 3-5 lateral pistillate
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Nutlet
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