OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Carex torta   FAMILY Cyperaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex torta   FAMILY Cyperaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Carex torta

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 23 (2002)

Carex torta

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-17-102:

Carex torta   FAMILY Cyperaceae

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

Carex torta

 

COMMON NAME:
Twisted Sedge, Streambed Sedge


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image of Carex torta, Twisted Sedge, Streambed Sedge

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_cato4_001_lvd

        

image of Carex torta, Twisted Sedge, Streambed Sedge

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_cato4_003_lvd

        

image of Carex torta, Twisted Sedge, Streambed Sedge

Tim Spira    tps_ctorta

August        

Clump-forming perennial w flat grass-like leaves, reddish-brown basal sheath, per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont (Spira, 2011).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Carex torta   FAMILY Cyperaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex torta   FAMILY Cyperaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Carex torta

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 23
Carex torta

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-17-102:
Carex torta   FAMILY Cyperaceae

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2734

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Monoecious

Habitat: Rocky streambeds, often dominant in patches in the beds of mountain streams, along their banks, and on rocky or cobbly islands, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in NC Mountains, rare in GA, uncommon elsewhere in Carolinas

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal? Alternate, 3-ranked?

FLOWER:
Spring
Perianth absent
3 stamens
Superior ovary
Unisexual

Inflorescences: spikes (terminal staminate; 2-5 lateral pistilate or both)

FRUIT:
Spring
Nutlet

 

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