Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Carex communis
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Fibrous-rooted Sedge at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex communis var. communis
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS National Database
Carex communis var. amplisquama
INCLUDING
Guide to the Vascular Plants of the Blue Ridge (Wofford, 1989)
Carex amplisquama
INCLUDING
Guide to the Vascular Plants of the Blue Ridge (Wofford, 1989)
Carex communis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-17-045:
Carex communis
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Carex communis
COMMON NAME:
Fibrous-rooted Sedge
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Carex communis
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex communis var. communis
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS National Database
Carex communis var. amplisquama
INCLUDING
Guide to the Vascular Plants of the Blue Ridge (Wofford, 1989)
Carex amplisquama
INCLUDING
Guide to the Vascular Plants of the Blue Ridge (Wofford, 1989)
Carex communis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-17-045:
Carex communis
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Carex communis
4281
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Monoecious
Native
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common in Carolina Mountains, rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC
Look for it in dry woodlands and forests, on bluffs, in rich forests, on streambanks, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
...Moist
...Dry
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal? Alternate, 3-ranked?
RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Cespitose [growing in dense tufts, clumping], not elongate rhizomatous
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Unisexual
Perianth absent
3 stamens
Superior ovary
Inflorescences: spikes (terminal spike staminate; 1-3 lateral spikes pistillate)
FRUIT:
Yellowish/Purplish
Nutlet
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!