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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
A familiar plant of upland forests in the mountains? or it may prove that this species, as traditionally understood, does not occur in NC. Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Carex pensylvanica
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex pensylvanica
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-17-044:
Carex pensylvanica var. pensylvanica
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN & ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Carex pennsylvanica
COMMON NAME:
Pennsylvania Sedge, High Meadow Sedge
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_cape6_001_lvd
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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.
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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.
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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.
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JK Marlow jkm0407u_18
July Mitchell County NC
The Roan Highlands