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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Carex fraseriana
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Even when not in bloom, the dark green and shiny evergreen leaves should catch your attention. Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cymophyllus fraserianus
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of West Virginia (Strausbaugh & Core, 1978)
Carex fraseri
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-16-001:
Cymophyllus fraseri FAMILY Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cymophyllus fraseri
COMMON NAME:
Fraser's Sedge, Lily-leaf Sedge
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_cyfr_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm140418_147
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Female flowers below the male, with a sac (perigynium) around the pistil, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999).
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JK Marlow jkm140418_197
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Cottony white flowers above a clump of strap-shaped leaves up to 2" wide, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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JK Marlow jkm160423_442443
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Culms compressed or terete, per Flora of North America.
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Keith Bradley kab_carex_fraseriana_5481
May Avery County NC
Grandfather Mountain State Park
The broad, straplike leaf... is unique in Cyperaceae, per Flora of North America.
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Keith Bradley kab_carex_fraseriana_5503
May Avery County NC
Grandfather Mountain State Park
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JK Marlow jkm111008_929
October Jackson County NC
Balsam Mountain Preserve
No midvein on the leaves, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Carex fraseriana
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cymophyllus fraserianus
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of West Virginia (Strausbaugh & Core, 1978)
Carex fraseri
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-16-001:
Cymophyllus fraseri
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cymophyllus fraseri
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Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Monoecious
Habitat: cove forests, mostly rather acidic and associated with Rhododendron maximum, at moderate elevations, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal
RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Rhizomes short, stout (plants in clumps)
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Perigynia white
Superior ovary
Unisexual
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers (Campbell, Hutson, Sharp, & Hutson, 1962) p014
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007) p113
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p156
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p345
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p398
- Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont (Spira, 2011) p357
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p002
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