OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex baileyi   FAMILY Cyperaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-17-114:

Carex baileyi   FAMILY Cyperaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Carex baileyi

SYNONYMOUS WITH -

Carex lurida var. gracilis

 

COMMON NAME:
 Bailey's Sedge

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image of Carex baileyi, Bailey's Sedge

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_caba7_001_lvd

        

image of Carex baileyi, Bailey's Sedge

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_caba7_003_lvd

        

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex baileyi   FAMILY Cyperaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-17-114:
 Carex baileyi   FAMILY Cyperaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
 Carex baileyi

SYNONYMOUS WITH -
 Carex lurida var. gracilis

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2387

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Monoecious

Habitat: bogs, seeps, per Weakley's Flora

Native to North Carolina

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal? Alternate, 3-ranked?

FLOWER:
Summer
Perianth absent
3 stamens
Superior ovary
Unisexual

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

FRUIT:
Summer
Nutlet

 

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