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Common Name:
Fraser's Sedge, Lily-leaf Sedge
Weakley's Flora: (10/20/20) Carex fraseriana FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cymophyllus fraserianus FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Cymophyllus fraseri 030-16-001 FAMILY: Cyperaceae
Habitat: Cove forests, mostly rather acidic and associated with Rhododendron maximum, at moderate elevations
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Heavy Sedge, Pregnant Sedge
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Carex gravida FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Carex gravida FAMILY: Cyperaceae
INCLUDING Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Carex gravida var. lunelliana 030-17-003 FAMILY: Cyperaceae
Habitat: Damp, mesic, or dry calcareous prairies, fields, pastures, roadsides
Rare
Native: west of the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name: Reflexed Sedge
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Carex retroflexa FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Carex retroflexa FAMILY: Cyperaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Carex retroflexa 030-17-005 FAMILY: Cyperaceae
Habitat: Dry to mesic forests, especially over base-rich substrates
Common (uncommon in GA Coastal Plain)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name: Texas Sedge
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Carex texensis FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Carex texensis FAMILY: Cyperaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Carex retroflexa 030-17-005? FAMILY: Cyperaceae
Habitat: Lawns, pastures, roadsides, usually weedy, especially in rocky or sandy soils
Common in Mountains & Piedmont of GA & SC, uncommon in Mtns & Pdmt of NC (rare in Coastal Plain)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Rosy Sedge
Weakley's Flora: (10/20/20) Carex rosea FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Carex rosea FAMILY: Cyperaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Carex rosea 030-17-006 FAMILY: Cyperaceae
Habitat: Dry to dry-mesic hardwood forests, especially over basic substrates
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Appalachian Sedge
Weakley's Flora: (10/20/20) Carex appalachica FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Carex appalachica FAMILY: Cyperaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Carex rosea 030-17-006? FAMILY: Cyperaceae
Habitat: Dry to mesic forests, rock outcrops
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Name: Eastern Star Sedge
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Carex radiata FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Carex radiata FAMILY: Cyperaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Carex rosea 030-17-006? FAMILY: Cyperaceae
Habitat: Mesic to wet-mesic forests
Common in Carolina Mountains & Carolina Piedmont (uncommon to rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Low Woodland Sedge
Weakley's Flora: (10/20/20) Carex socialis FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Carex socialis FAMILY: Cyperaceae
Habitat: Blackwater and brownwater swamp forests and bottomlands, forested seepage areas
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Oval-leaf Sedge
Weakley's Flora: (10/20/20) Carex cephalophora FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Carex cephalophora FAMILY: Cyperaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Carex cephalophora 030-17-008 FAMILY: Cyperaceae
Habitat: Mesic to dry forests, especially oak-hickory forests
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Name: Muhlenberg’s Sedge
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Carex muehlenbergii var. muehlenbergii FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Carex muehlenbergii var. muehlenbergii FAMILY: Cyperaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Carex muhlenbergii 030-17-009 FAMILY: Cyperaceae
Habitat: Dry to dry-mesic hammocks and woodlands
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Name: Muhlenberg’s Sedge
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Carex muehlenbergii var. enervis FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Carex muehlenbergii var. enervis FAMILY: Cyperaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Carex muhlenbergii 030-17-009? FAMILY: Cyperaceae
Habitat: Dry and often acidic woodlands and meadows
Rare
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Fox Sedge
Weakley's Flora: (10/20/20) Carex vulpinoidea FAMILY: Cyperaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Carex vulpinoidea var. vulpinoidea FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Carex vulpinoidea 030-17-010 FAMILY: Cyperaceae
Habitat: Low fields, ditches, fens, seeps, tidal freshwater marshes, other wet (and especially disturbed) sites
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Yellow-fruited Sedge
Weakley's Flora: (10/20/20) Carex annectens FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Carex annectens FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Carex annectens 030-17-011 FAMILY: Cyperaceae
Habitat: Marshes, bottomland forests, drier forests and woodlands
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Cypress-knee Sedge, Epiphytic Sedge
Weakley's Flora: (10/20/20) Carex decomposita FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Carex decomposita FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Carex decomposita 030-17-013 FAMILY: Cyperaceae
Habitat: Blackwater swamp forests, often growing on cypress knees, cypress bases, or fallen logs (often at or near water level), river sloughs, beaver marshes, less typically inland in sloughs or in depressions in bedrock river scour
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Smooth-sheath Sedge
Weakley's Flora: (10/20/20) Carex laevivaginata FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Carex laevivaginata FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Carex laevivaginata 030-17-016 FAMILY: Cyperaceae
Habitat: Marshes, swamp forests, alluvial forests
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Name: Common Brome Sedge, Brome-like Sedge
Weakley's Flora: (10/20/20) Carex bromoides ssp. bromoides FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Carex bromoides ssp. bromoides FAMILY: Cyperaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Carex bromoides 030-17-017 FAMILY: Cyperaceae
Habitat: Swamp forests, bogs, seeps, hydric hammocks, other wetlands, often associated with base-rich soils
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Name:
Blue Ridge Brome Sedge
Weakley's Flora: (10/20/20) Carex bromoides ssp. montana FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Carex bromoides ssp. montana FAMILY: Cyperaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Carex bromoides 030-17-017? FAMILY: Cyperaceae
Habitat: Mountain bogs in the Blue Ridge, seepages in the Blue Ridge Escarpment
Native to the Carolinas
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Common Name:
Prickly Bog Sedge
Weakley's Flora: (10/20/20) Carex atlantica FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Carex atlantica ssp. atlantica FAMILY: Cyperaceae
INCLUDING Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Carex atlantica 030-17-024 & 025 FAMILY: Cyperaceae
Habitat: Bogs and seepages
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name: Necklace Sedge
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Carex projecta FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Carex projecta FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Carex projecta 030-17-029 FAMILY: Cyperaceae
Habitat: Moist forests, fens
Rare
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Blunt Broom Sedge
Weakley's Flora: (10/20/20) Carex tribuloides FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Carex tribuloides var. tribuloides FAMILY: Cyperaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Carex tribuloides 030-17-030 FAMILY: Cyperaceae
Habitat: Bottomland forests
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Name: Greenish-white Sedge
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Carex albolutescens FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Carex albolutescens FAMILY: Cyperaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Carex albolutescens 030-17-033 FAMILY: Cyperaceae
Habitat: Low fields, bottomlands
Common (uncommon in Carolina Piedmont, rare in SC Mountains)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Long's Sedge
Weakley's Flora: (10/20/20) Carex longii FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Carex longii FAMILY: Cyperaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Carex albolutescens 030-17-033? FAMILY: Cyperaceae
Habitat: Bogs, low fields, bottomlands
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Slender Sedge, Quill Sedge
Weakley's Flora: (4/13/22) Carex tenera FAMILY: Cyperaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Carex tenera FAMILY: Cyperaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Carex tenera 030-17-035 FAMILY: Cyperaceae
Habitat: Low forests
Rare
Native to North Carolina & Georgia
Common Name: Harper’s Sedge, Bristly-stalk Sedge
Weakley's Flora: (10/20/20) Carex leptalea + FAMILY: Cyperaceae
PLANTS National Database: Carex leptalea + FAMILY: Cyperaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Carex leptalea 030-17-039 FAMILY: Cyperaceae
Look for it in bogs, seeps, usually in saturated conditions with Sphagnum spp (var. harperi found also in blackwater bottomlands)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name: Willdenow's Sedge
Weakley's Flora: (10/20/20) Carex willdenowii FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Carex willdenowii FAMILY: Cyperaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Carex willdenowii 030-17-040 FAMILY: Cyperaceae
Habitat: Calcareous mesic forests, but also in more acidic dry-mesic upland oak forests
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Name: Southern Willdenow's Sedge, Widow Sedge
Weakley's Flora: (10/20/20) Carex basiantha FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Carex basiantha FAMILY: Cyperaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Carex willdenowii 030-17-040? FAMILY: Cyperaceae
Habitat: Mesic forests, bottomlands, and lower slopes, over calcareous rocks or sediments
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Name:
Limestone Forest Sedge
Weakley's Flora: (10/20/20) Carex superata FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Carex superata FAMILY: Cyperaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Carex willdenowii 030-17-040? FAMILY: Cyperaceae
Habitat: Calcareous forests and woodlands
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
James's Sedge
Weakley's Flora: (10/20/20) Carex jamesii FAMILY: Cyperaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Carex jamesii FAMILY: Cyperaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Carex jamesii 030-17-041 FAMILY: Cyperaceae
Habitat: Nutrient-rich bottomlands and mesic slopes over calcareous or mafic rocks
Native to the Carolinas
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Common Name:
Parasol Sedge
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Carex umbellata FAMILY: Cyperaceae
INCLUDING PLANTS National Database: Carex umbellata FAMILY: Cyperaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Carex umbellata 030-17-042 FAMILY: Cyperaceae
Habitat: Limestone barrens, other barrens and glades, old fields, mowed areas, other open habitats
Common (uncommon in GA Mountains) (rare in Coastal Plain)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Name: Parachute Sedge
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Carex rugosperma FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Carex tonsa var. rugosperma FAMILY: Cyperaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Carex umbellata 030-17-042? FAMILY: Cyperaceae
Habitat: Old fields, shallow soils of rock outcrops, exposed forest margins
Uncommon in NC Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Shaved Sedge
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Carex tonsa FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Carex tonsa var. tonsa FAMILY: Cyperaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Carex umbellata 030-17-042? FAMILY: Cyperaceae
Habitat: Dry rock outcrops, xeric disturbed areas, old fields
Uncommon in NC Mountains & NC Piedmont (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Black-edged Sedge
Weakley's Flora: (10/20/20) Carex nigromarginata FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Carex nigromarginata FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Carex nigromarginata var. nigromarginata 030-17-043a FAMILY: Cyperaceae
Habitat: Dry woodlands and forests
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Pennsylvania Sedge, High Meadow Sedge
Weakley's Flora: (10/20/20) Carex pensylvanica FAMILY: Cyperaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Carex pensylvanica FAMILY: Cyperaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Carex pensylvanica var. pensylvanica 030-17-044 FAMILY: Cyperaceae
Habitat: Dry to moist woodlands and forests, grassy balds, shale barrens, rock outcrops
Native north of the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Appalachian Woodland Sedge
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Carex austrolucorum FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Carex lucorum var. austrolucorum FAMILY: Cyperaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED AS TO OUR MATERIAL) Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Carex pensylvanica var. distans 030-17-044b FAMILY: Cyperaceae
Habitat: Xeric to mesic wooded slopes, usually in oak forests and northern hardwood forests
Uncommon in Carolina Mountains, rare in GA
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Name: Fibrous-rooted Sedge
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Carex communis FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Carex communis var. communis FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Carex communis 030-17-045 FAMILY: Cyperaceae
Habitat: Dry woodlands and forests, bluffs, rich forests, streambanks
Common in Carolina Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
White-tinged Sedge, Architectural Sedge
Weakley's Flora: (10/20/20) Carex albicans var. albicans FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Carex albicans var. albicans FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Carex artitecta 030-17-048 FAMILY: Cyperaceae
Habitat: Dry woodlands, forests, and clearings
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Common Name:
Wood's Sedge, Pretty Sedge
Weakley's Flora: (10/20/20) Carex woodii FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Carex woodii FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Carex woodii 030-17-055 FAMILY: Cyperaceae
Habitat: Moist slopes and cove forests over mafic rocks (such as amphibolite), ultramafic rocks (such as olivine), or felsic rocks
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Biltmore Sedge, Granite Dome Sedge
Weakley's Flora: (10/20/20) Carex biltmoreana FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Carex biltmoreana FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Carex biltmoreana 030-17-056 FAMILY: Cyperaceae
Habitat: In thin soils on medium to high elevation granitic domes and other sloping rock outcrops, often dominant in thin-soil herbaceous mats wet by seasonal and post-rainfall seepage, and also occurring in adjacent woodlands under open to nearly closed canopy of Quercus spp., Fraxinus americana, Carya glabra, and Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Seersucker Sedge, Plantainleaf Sedge
Weakley's Flora: (10/20/20) Carex plantaginea FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Carex plantaginea FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Carex plantaginea 030-17-057 FAMILY: Cyperaceae
Habitat: Rich cove forests, mostly over mafic or calcareous rocks, montane alluvial forests
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
South Carolina Sedge, Tarheel Sedge
Weakley's Flora: (4/13/22) Carex austrocaroliniana FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Carex austrocaroliniana FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Carex austro-caroliniana 030-17-058 FAMILY: Cyperaceae
Habitat: Nutrient-rich, moist coves in the sw. mountains of NC and adjacent SC, often with some seepage
Common in Mountains
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Broadleaf Sedge
Weakley's Flora: (10/20/20) Carex platyphylla FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Carex platyphylla FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Carex platyphylla 030-17-059 FAMILY: Cyperaceae
Habitat: Rich cove forests, mostly over mafic or calcareous rock
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Spreading Sedge
Weakley's Flora: (10/20/20) Carex laxiculmis FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Carex laxiculmis var. laxiculmis FAMILY: Cyperaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Carex laxiculmis 030-17-060 FAMILY: Cyperaceae
Habitat: Slope or alluvial forests, both acidic and rich
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Name: Slender Woodland Sedge
Weakley's Flora: (10/20/20) Carex digitalis + FAMILY: Cyperaceae
PLANTS National Database: Carex digitalis + FAMILY: Cyperaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Carex digitalis 030-17-061 FAMILY: Cyperaceae
Look for it in forests (habitat varies depending on variety)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Thicket Sedge
Weakley's Flora: (10/20/20) Carex abscondita FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Carex abscondita FAMILY: Cyperaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Carex abscondita 030-17-062 FAMILY: Cyperaceae
Habitat: Bottomlands, other mesic forests, seepage swamps
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Cumberland Sedge
Weakley's Flora: (4/13/22) Carex cumberlandensis FAMILY: Cyperaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Carex abscondita FAMILY: Cyperaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Carex abscondita 030-17-062? FAMILY: Cyperaceae
Habitat: Rich, mesic to dry, deciduous or mixed forests, especially over calcareous substrates
Common in GA Mountains, uncommon in Piedmont (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Lined Sedge
Weakley's Flora: (10/20/20) Carex striatula FAMILY: Cyperaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Carex striatula FAMILY: Cyperaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Carex striatula 030-17-065 FAMILY: Cyperaceae
Habitat: Bottomland and other nutrient-rich forests
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Bent Sedge
Weakley's Flora: (10/20/20) Carex styloflexa FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Carex styloflexa FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Carex styloflexa 030-17-066 FAMILY: Cyperaceae
Habitat: Bogs, wet forests, acid stream swamps
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
White Bear Sedge
Weakley's Flora: (10/20/20) Carex albursina FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Carex albursina FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Carex albursina 030-17-067 FAMILY: Cyperaceae
Habitat: Nutrient-rich cove forests (and less commonly in drier forests), over mafic or calcareous rocks
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Eastern Woodland Sedge, Charming Sedge
Weakley's Flora: (10/20/20) Carex blanda FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Carex blanda FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Carex blanda 030-17-068 FAMILY: Cyperaceae
Habitat: Cove forests, bottomlands, and other mesic, nutrient-rich forests
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Broad Loose-flowered Sedge
Weakley's Flora: (10/20/20) Carex laxiflora FAMILY: Cyperaceae
INCLUDING PLANTS National Database: Carex laxiflora + FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Carex laxiflora 030-17-069 FAMILY: Cyperaceae
Habitat: In a wide range of moist to dry, acidic to nutrient-rich forests
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Name: Limestone Purple Sedge
Weakley's Flora: (10/20/20) Carex purpurifera FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Carex purpurifera FAMILY: Cyperaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Carex purpurifera 030-17-070 FAMILY: Cyperaceae
Habitat: Moist, rich cove forests, at low elevations, over calcareous or mafic rocks
Native to North Carolina & Georgia
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Common Name:
Blue Ridge Purple Sedge, Manhart's Sedge
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Carex manhartii FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Carex manhartii FAMILY: Cyperaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Carex purpurifera 030-17-070? FAMILY: Cyperaceae
Habitat: Cove forests and montane oak-hickory forests, mostly at medium to fairly high elevations, especially over mafic rocks (such as amphibolite) and calcareous rocks (such as marble), but occurring on more acidic substrates as well
Uncommon in NC Mountains, rare in GA & SC
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Radford's Sedge
Weakley's Flora: (10/20/20) Carex radfordii FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Carex radfordii FAMILY: Cyperaceae
Habitat: Very nutrient-rich, moist cove forests in the Blue Ridge Escarpment region, over calcareous or mafic rocks (especially along the Brevard Fault)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Name:
Slender Sedge, Slender Loose-flowered Sedge
Weakley's Flora: (10/20/20) Carex gracilescens FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Carex gracilescens FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Carex gracilescens 030-17-071 FAMILY: Cyperaceae
Habitat: Moist, nutrient-rich forests, calcareous hammocks
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name: Limestone Meadow Sedge, Corncob Sedge
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): Carex granularis 030-17-073 FAMILY: Cyperaceae
Habitat: Moist, nutrient-rich forests, especially bottomlands, mostly over calcareous rocks (limestone, dolostone, coquina limestone) or mafic rocks (diabase)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name: Crawe's Sedge
Weakley's Flora: (10/20/20) Carex crawei FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Carex crawei FAMILY: Cyperaceae
Habitat: Calcareous barrens, usually in gravelly areas with ephemeral or periodic seepage
Native to Georgia
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Common Name: Eastern Narrowleaf Sedge
Weakley's Flora: (10/20/20) Carex amphibola FAMILY: Cyperaceae
(?) PLANTS National Database: Carex amphibola FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Carex amphibola 030-17-075 FAMILY: Cyperaceae
Habitat: Moist loamy forests, bottomlands, slopes, uplands
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Inflated Narrowleaf Sedge, Wood Gray Sedge
Weakley's Flora: (10/20/20) Carex grisea FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Carex grisea FAMILY: Cyperaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Carex grisea 030-17-076 FAMILY: Cyperaceae
Habitat: Well-drained floodplain forests, other mesic to dry-mesic forests, especially over base-rich substrates
Native to North Carolina & Georgia
Common Name:
Prune-fruited Sedge
Weakley's Flora: (10/20/20) Carex corrugata FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Carex corrugata FAMILY: Cyperaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Carex grisea 030-17-076? FAMILY: Cyperaceae
Habitat: Large-stream and river bottomlands, wet calcareous forests
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Meadow Sedge, Blue Wood Sedge, thinfruit sedge
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Carex flaccosperma FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Carex flaccosperma FAMILY: Cyperaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Carex flaccosperma 030-17-077 FAMILY: Cyperaceae
Habitat: Mesic forests, well-drained bottomlands
Common in SC Piedmont & SC Coastal Plain, uncommon in NC Piedmont & NC Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC) (distribution and abundance needing additional herbarium investigation)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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