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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Carex gynandra
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Mountain Fringed Sedge at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
This is the most montane and northern element of the C. crinita complex, and the usual one encountered in the Mountains of our area, per Weakley's Flora (2022)
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex gynandra
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Carex gynandra
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 23 (2002)
Carex gynandra
INCLUDED WITHIN Guide to the Vascular Plants of the Blue Ridge (Wofford, 1989)
Carex crinita
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-17-103b:
Carex crinita var. gynandra FAMILY Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Carex gynandra
COMMON NAME:
Mountain Fringed Sedge, Nodding Sedge
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_cagy4_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm220412_6659
April Greenville County SC
Bald Rock Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm220412_6663
April Greenville County SC
Bald Rock Heritage Preserve
Leaf blades not involute, per Flora of North America.
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JK Marlow jkm230525_3526
May Jackson County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Spikes pendant: 2-5 pistillate, 1-3 staminate, per Flora of North America.
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JK Marlow jkm230525_3529
May Jackson County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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JK Marlow jkm230525_3530
May Jackson County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Sheaths strongly scabrous, per Weakley's Flora (2023).
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JK Marlow jkm230525_3533
May Jackson County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Widest leaves per plant (5-) 6.5-10.5 (-14) mm wide, per Weakley's Flora (2023).
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JK Marlow jkm230525_3534
May Jackson County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Proximal bract longer than inflorescence, per Flora of North America.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Carex gynandra
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex gynandra
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Carex gynandra
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 23
Carex gynandra
INCLUDED WITHIN
Guide to the Vascular Plants of the Blue Ridge (Wofford, 1989)
Carex crinita
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-17-103b:
Carex crinita var. gynandra
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Carex gynandra
2732
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Monoecious
Habitat: bogs, swamp forests, seepages, beaver wetlands, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Mountains, rare in Piedmont
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal? Alternate, 3-ranked?
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Perianth absent
3 stamens
Superior ovary
Unisexual
Inflorescences: spikes (1-3 staminate & 3-6 pistillate, drooping)
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Nutlet
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