OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Carex gravida   FAMILY Cyperaceae   Go to FSUS key



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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image of Carex gravida, Heavy Sedge, Pregnant Sedge

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_cagr4_001_lvd

        

image of Carex gravida, Heavy Sedge, Pregnant Sedge

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).

image of Carex gravida, Heavy Sedge, Pregnant Sedge

Bryan England    bry_cgravida_plant

April    Wake County    NC

Raleigh Nature Preserve

Plants without conspicuous rhizomes, per Flora of North America.

image of Carex gravida, Heavy Sedge, Pregnant Sedge

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

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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