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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Carex cherokeensis
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
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Read more about Cherokee Sedge at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex cherokeensis
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Carex cherokeensis
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 23 (2002)
Carex cherokeensis
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-17-085:
Carex cherokeensis FAMILY Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Carex cherokeensis
COMMON NAME:
Cherokee Sedge, Wolftail Sedge
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JK Marlow jkm160626_087
June Polk County NC
Pacolet Area Conservancy
Leaf blades 4-5mm wide; sheaths brownish, glabrous, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm160626_090
June Polk County NC
Pacolet Area Conservancy
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JK Marlow jkm160626_091
June Polk County NC
Pacolet Area Conservancy
Staminate spikes 0-5; androgynous spikes 3-5, peduncles absent or to 12cm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm160626_091b
June Polk County NC
Pacolet Area Conservancy
Perigynia few-ribbed, ovoid, 5-7mm long, 2mm broad, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Carex cherokeensis
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex cherokeensis
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Carex cherokeensis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 23
Carex cherokeensis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-17-085:
Carex cherokeensis
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Carex cherokeensis
4021
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Monoecious
Habitat: Predominantly in moist, rich, calcareous or subcalcareous forests, though introduced populations are not restricted to such settings, per Weakley's Flora
Native to Georgia & to the Coastal Plain of the Carolinas
Uncommon in Mountains of GA & NC, uncommon in Piedmont of GA & NC (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal? Alternate, 3-ranked?
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Perianth absent
3 stamens
Unisexual
Inflorescences: spikes (staminate & androgynous)
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Nutlet
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