Carex appalachica

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Carex appalachica
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Carex
Species:
C. appalachica
Binomial name
Carex appalachica

Carex appalachica, the Appalachian sedge, is a species of flowering plant in the family Cyperaceae, native to eastern temperate forests of the United States and Canada. [1] The plant is wide-ranging in the American Northeast and Southern Canada while in the southern reaches of their range they are generally restricted to high elevations. [2] A member of the large genus Carex , commonly known as sedges, this species is a member of the Carex rosea complex within the subgenus Vignea . [3]

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Range

The species ranges from southern Canada and New England west into Ohio and south down the Appalachians and Ridge and Valley to Georgia and Alabama. Within the Northeast of the United States this plant is somewhat common, but at the north of their range in Canada the species becomes rarer. In the center and west of their range the sedge is quite common. However, they are rare at the south of their range and thusly listed in the states of Alabama (S1), Tennessee (S1), Georgia (S1?), and South Carolina (S2). [4] [2]

Ecology

This species is mostly known from rocky open woods, rock outcrops, and heath balds in the Southeast but favours dry woodlands and slopes farther north. [5] They typically flower and fruit between May and June. [6]

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References

  1. "Carex appalachica J.M.Webber & P.W.Ball". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
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  3. Webber, J. M.; Ball, P. W. (1984). "The taxonomy of the Carex rosea group (Section Phaestoglochin) in Canada". Canadian Journal of Botany. 62 (10): 2058–2073. doi:10.1139/b84-281.
  4. "NameThatPlant.net: Carex appalachica". www.namethatplant.net. Retrieved 2023-07-05.
  5. "North Carolina Botanical Garden". floraquest.org. Retrieved 2023-07-05.
  6. "Vascular Plants of North Carolina". auth1.dpr.ncparks.gov. Retrieved 2023-07-05.