Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Carex glaucescens
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
Go to FSUS key
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Blue Sedge at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex glaucescens
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-17-098:
Carex glaucescens FAMILY Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Carex glaucescens
COMMON NAME:
Blue Sedge, Southern Waxy Sedge
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_cagl5_001_lvd
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Will Stuart wil_8462430012_821d07ae62
July
Get to know this sedge: it's common and it may be a gateway to other sedges, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).
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Will Stuart wil8461332183_f121c7bb4bb
July
Stem terminated by a straw-colored male spike and 3-5 female spikes below, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).
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Will Stuart wil8461332183_f74747a509c
July
One of the few Carex species in Carolinas that are rather strongly glaucous, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).
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Will Stuart wil8461332183_f74747a509d
July
Male spike terminal, upright, 3-5.5cm long, green turning brown, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Carex glaucescens
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex glaucescens
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-17-098:
Carex glaucescens
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Carex glaucescens
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Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Monoecious
Habitat: blackwater swamps, pocosins, wet pine savannas, seepage bogs, depression ponds, pondcypress savannas, other acid and peaty situations, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Click here to see a map showing all occurrences known to SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria. (Zoom in to see more detail.)
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal? Alternate, 3-ranked?
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Perianth absent
3 stamens
Superior ovary
Unisexual
Inflorescences: spikes (terminal staminate; 3-7 lateral pistilate or androgynous
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Nutlet
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005) p208
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p318
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p403
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007) p077
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p375
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p294
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