WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (2/10/25):
Carex planispicata
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex planispicata
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Carex planispicata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 23 (2002)
Carex planispicata
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-17-075?:
Carex amphibola FAMILY Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Carex amphibola var. rigida
COMMON NAME:
Flat-spike Sedge
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (2/10/25):
Carex planispicata
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex planispicata
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Carex planispicata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 23
Carex planispicata
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-17-075?:
Carex amphibola
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Carex amphibola var. rigida
4746
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Monoecious
Habitat: Rich to fairly acid mesic forests, on slopes and floodplains, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon in Carolina Piedmont & Carolina Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & low alternate, 3-ranked
RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Cespitose [growing in dense tufts, clumping]
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Perianth absent
3 stamens
Superior ovary
Unisexual
Inflorescences: spikes (terminal spike staminate; 2-4 lateral spikes pistillate)
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer?
Nutlet
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