Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Carex granularis
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Limestone Meadow Sedge at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex granularis
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-17-073:
Carex granularis
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
INCLUDING
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Carex granularis var. granularis
INCLUDING
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Carex granularis var. haleana
INCLUDING
Poales, Cyperaceae, Cypereae (pars). North American Flora (Mackenzie, 1931-35)
Carex haleana
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Carex granularis
COMMON NAME:
Limestone Meadow Sedge, Corncob Sedge
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_cagr3_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_cagr3_003_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Carex granularis
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex granularis
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-17-073:
Carex granularis
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
INCLUDING
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Carex granularis var. granularis
INCLUDING
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Carex granularis var. haleana
INCLUDING
Poales, Cyperaceae, Cypereae (pars). North American Flora (Mackenzie, 1931-35)
Carex haleana
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Carex granularis
4438
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Monoecious
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Rare
Look for it in moist, nutrient-rich forests, especially bottomlands, mostly over calcareous rocks (limestone, dolostone, coquina limestone) or mafic rocks (diabase), 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
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & low alternate, 3-ranked
RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Cespitose [growing in dense tufts, clumping]
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Unisexual
Perianth absent
3 stamens
Superior ovary
Inflorescences: spikes (terminal spike staminate; 2-4 lateral spikes pistillate)
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Nutlet
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