WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (2/10/25):
Carex comosa
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex comosa
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Carex comosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 23 (2002)
Carex comosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-17-107:
Carex comosa FAMILY Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Carex comosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Carex comosa
COMMON NAME:
Bottlebrush Sedge, Bristly Sedge, Porcupine Sedge
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_caco8_001_pvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_caco8_003_pvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (2/10/25):
Carex comosa
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex comosa
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Carex comosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 23
Carex comosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-17-107:
Carex comosa
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Carex comosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Carex comosa
4680
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Habitat: Tidal freshwater and oligohaline marshes, tidal and alluvial swamps, calcareous spring marshes, beaver wetlands, and ditches and other wet disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Carolina Coastal Plain, uncommon in GA Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal? Alternate, 3-ranked?
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Perianth absent
3 stamens
Superior ovary
Unisexual
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer?
Nutlet
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