OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (2/10/25):
 Carex floridana   FAMILY Cyperaceae   Go to FSUS key

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex floridana   FAMILY Cyperaceae

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

Carex floridana

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

Carex floridana

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-17-043b:

Carex nigromarginata var. floridana   FAMILY Cyperaceae

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

Carex floridana

 

COMMON NAME:
 Florida Sedge

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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (2/10/25):
 Carex floridana   FAMILY Cyperaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex floridana   FAMILY Cyperaceae

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

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-17-043b:
 Carex nigromarginata var. floridana   FAMILY Cyperaceae

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

 

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4743

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial

Habitat: Mesic hammocks, dry hammocks, maritime forests, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Uncommon in Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal? Alternate, 3-ranked?

FLOWER:
Spring
Perianth absent
3 stamens
Superior ovary
Unisexual

FRUIT:
Spring?
Nutlet

 

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