Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Carex striata var. striata
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
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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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JK Marlow jkm160416_261
April Lowndes County GA
Forming large clonal colonies by rhizomes, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (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
Native to South Carolina & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA - SC
Uncommon in Coastal Plain, rare in Mountains
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
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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal? Alternate, 3-ranked?
RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Rhizomes long, scaly; plants forming large clonal colonies
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Unisexual
Perianth absent
3 stamens
Superior ovary
Inflorescences: spikes (1-3 staminate & 1-2 pistillate)
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Brownish
Nutlet
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