Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Carex communis
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
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Read more about Fibrous-rooted Sedge at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex communis var. communis
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Carex communis var. amplisquama
INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Carex communis var. communis
INCLUDING Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 23 (2002)
Carex communis var. amplisquama
INCLUDING Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 23 (2002)
Carex communis var. communis
INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Carex communis var. amplisquama
INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Carex communis var. communis
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 OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Carex communis
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex communis var. communis
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
INCLUDING
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Carex communis var. amplisquama
INCLUDING
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Carex communis var. communis
INCLUDING
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 23
Carex communis var. amplisquama
INCLUDING
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 23
Carex communis var. communis
INCLUDING
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Carex communis var. amplisquama
INCLUDING
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Carex communis var. communis
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
Habitat: Dry woodlands and forests, bluffs, rich forests, streambanks, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Carolina Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal? Alternate, 3-ranked?
RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Cespitose [growing in dense tufts, clumping], not elongate rhizomatous
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Perianth absent
3 stamens
Superior ovary
Unisexual
Inflorescences: spikes (terminal spike staminate; 1-3 lateral spikes pistillate)
FRUIT:
Yellowish/Purplish
Nutlet
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