Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Carex gravida
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
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This must be identified with care. Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex gravida
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Carex gravida
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 23 (2002)
Carex gravida
INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Carex gravida var. gravida
INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Carex gravida var. lunelliana
INCLUDING VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-17-003:
Carex gravida var. lunelliana FAMILY Cyperaceae
INCLUDING Poales, Cyperaceae, Cypereae (pars). North American Flora (Mackenzie, 1931-35)
Carex lunelliana
COMMON NAME:
Heavy Sedge, Pregnant Sedge
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_cagr4_001_lvd
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Bryan England bry_cgravida_fruits_2
April Wake County NC
Raleigh Nature Preserve
Inflorescence crowded, elongate, 2-4cm long. Scales acute to acuminate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Bryan England bry_cgravida_plant
April Wake County NC
Raleigh Nature Preserve
Plants without conspicuous rhizomes, per Flora of North America.
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Bryan England bry_cgravida_sheath
April Wake County NC
Raleigh Nature Preserve
Leaf sheaths loose, backs striped with green and white (not white-spotted), per Weakley's Flora (2015).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Carex gravida
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex gravida
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Carex gravida
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 23
Carex gravida
INCLUDING
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Carex gravida var. gravida
INCLUDING
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Carex gravida var. lunelliana
INCLUDING
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-17-003:
Carex gravida var. lunelliana
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
INCLUDING
Poales, Cyperaceae, Cypereae (pars). North American Flora (Mackenzie, 1931-35)
Carex lunelliana
4264
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Monoecious
Habitat: Damp, mesic, or dry calcareous prairies, fields, pastures, roadsides, per Weakley's Flora
Native: west of the Carolinas & Georgia
Rare
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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal? Alternate, 3-ranked?
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Perianth absent
3 stamens
Superior ovary
Unisexual
Inflorescences: spikes w both staminate & pistillate flowers (staminate above)
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Nutlet
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