Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Carex grisea
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Inflated Narrowleaf Sedge at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex grisea
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Carex amphibola
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-17-076:
Carex grisea FAMILY Cyperaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Carex grisea
COMMON NAME:
Inflated Narrowleaf Sedge, Wood Gray Sedge
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_cagr24_001_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Carex grisea
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex grisea
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Carex amphibola
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-17-076:
Carex grisea
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Carex grisea
2268
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Monoecious
Habitat: Well-drained floodplain forests, other mesic to dry-mesic forests, especially over base-rich substrates, per Weakley's Flora
Native to North Carolina & Georgia
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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & low alternate, 3-ranked
RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Cespitose [growing in dense tufts, clumping]
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Perianth absent
3 stamens
Superior ovary
Unisexual
Inflorescences: spikes (terminal spike staminate; 2-3 lateral spikes pistillate)
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Nutlet
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