OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex cherokeensis   FAMILY Cyperaceae

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

Carex cherokeensis

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

Carex cherokeensis

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-17-085:

Carex cherokeensis   FAMILY Cyperaceae

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

Carex cherokeensis

 

COMMON NAME:
Cherokee Sedge, Wolftail Sedge


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image of Carex cherokeensis, Cherokee Sedge, Wolftail Sedge

JK Marlow    jkm160626_087

June    Polk County    NC

Pacolet Area Conservancy

Leaf blades 4-5mm wide; sheaths brownish, glabrous, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Carex cherokeensis, Cherokee Sedge, Wolftail Sedge

JK Marlow    jkm160626_090

June    Polk County    NC

Pacolet Area Conservancy

image of Carex cherokeensis, Cherokee Sedge, Wolftail Sedge

JK Marlow    jkm160626_091

June    Polk County    NC

Pacolet Area Conservancy

Staminate spikes 0-5; androgynous spikes 3-5, peduncles absent or to 12cm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Carex cherokeensis, Cherokee Sedge, Wolftail Sedge

JK Marlow    jkm160626_091b

June    Polk County    NC

Pacolet Area Conservancy

Perigynia few-ribbed, ovoid, 5-7mm long, 2mm broad, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex cherokeensis   FAMILY Cyperaceae

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

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-17-085:
Carex cherokeensis   FAMILY Cyperaceae

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

 

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4021

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Monoecious

Habitat: Predominantly in moist, rich, calcareous or subcalcareous forests, though introduced populations are not restricted to such settings, per Weakley's Flora

Native to Georgia & to the Coastal Plain of the Carolinas

Uncommon in Mountains of GA & NC, uncommon in Piedmont of GA & NC (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal? Alternate, 3-ranked?

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Perianth absent
3 stamens
Unisexual

Inflorescences: spikes (staminate & androgynous)

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Nutlet

 

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