Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Carex striata var. striata
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
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Read more about Carex at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex striata var. striata
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-17-094:
Carex walteriana FAMILY Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Carex walteriana var. walteriana
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Carex walteriana
COMMON NAME:
Walter’s Sedge, Pocosin Sedge
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April Lowndes County GA
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April Lowndes County GA
Forming large clonal colonies by rhizomes, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Carex striata var. striata
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex striata var. striata
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-17-094:
Carex walteriana
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Carex walteriana var. walteriana
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Carex walteriana
4009
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Monoecious
Habitat: pocosins, limesink ponds, small depression ponds, clay-based Carolina bays, acid peaty swamps, wet savannas (dominated by Pinus serotina and/or Taxodium ascendens), per Weakley's Flora
Native to South Carolina & Georgia
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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal? Alternate, 3-ranked?
RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Rhizomes long, scaly; plants forming large clonal colonies
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Perianth absent
3 stamens
Superior ovary
Unisexual
Inflorescences: spikes (1-3 staminate & 1-2 pistillate)
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Brownish
Nutlet
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