Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Carex pensylvanica
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex pensylvanica
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-17-044:
Carex pensylvanica var. pensylvanica
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Carex pennsylvanica
COMMON NAME:
Pennsylvania Sedge, High Meadow Sedge
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L.L. (Chick) Gaddy llg_pennsedgemthardygap
May? Jackson County NC
Here seen in a beech gap forest at Mt Hardy Gap, Blue Ridge Pkwy, MP 426, per Alpine South: Plants and Plant Communities of the High Elevations of the Southern Appalachians.
JK Marlow jkm0407t_11
July Mitchell County NC
The Roan Highlands
A low-growing grass-like sedge w orderly drooping stems & 2-4 narrow leaves, per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont.
JK Marlow jkm0407t_15
July Mitchell County NC
The Roan Highlands
Low-growing clumps of very fine linear foliage, spreading by stolons, per Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee.