OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Carex lupulina   FAMILY Cyperaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex lupulina   FAMILY Cyperaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)

Carex lupulina

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-17-120:

Carex lupulina   FAMILY Cyperaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Carex lupulina

 

COMMON NAME:
Hop Sedge


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image of Carex lupulina, Hop Sedge

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_calu4_001_lvd

        

image of Carex lupulina, Hop Sedge

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_calu4_004_lvd

        

image of Carex lupulina, Hop Sedge

Terry Holdsclaw    tdh_carex_lupulina_263

May    Catawba County    NC

image of Carex lupulina, Hop Sedge

Terry Holdsclaw    tdh_carex_lupulina_267

May    Catawba County    NC

Perigynia ascending, lance-ovoid, shiny, glabrous; their beaks conic, per Flora of North America.

image of Carex lupulina, Hop Sedge

Terry Holdsclaw    tdh_carex_lupulina_268

May    Catawba County    NC

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Carex lupulina   FAMILY Cyperaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex lupulina   FAMILY Cyperaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Carex lupulina

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-17-120:
Carex lupulina   FAMILY Cyperaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Carex lupulina

 

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1980

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Monoecious

Habitat: Bottomland forests, wet meadows, marshes, swamps, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal? Alternate, 3-ranked?

RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Rhizomes short

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Perianth absent
3 stamens
Superior ovary
Unisexual

Inflorescences: spikes (terminal spike staminate; 1-5 lateral spikes pistillate)

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Nutlet

 

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