Fringed Sedge
Carex crinita Lamarck
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Description

Sheath is smooth. Seeds are rounder than similar species.

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Carex crinita
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Carex
Section: Carex sect. Phacocystis
Species:
C. crinita
Binomial name
Carex crinita
Synonyms[2]
  • Diemisa crinita (Lam.) Raf.
  • Neskiza crinita (Lam.) Raf.

Carex crinita, called fringed sedge, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Carex, native to central and eastern Canada and the central and eastern United States.[2] It is the namesake of the Carex crinita species complex.[3]

Subtaxa

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The following varieties are currently accepted:[2]

  • Carex crinita var. brevicrinis Fernald
  • Carex crinita var. crinita
  • Carex crinita var. porteri (Olney) Fernald
  • Form
    Form
  • Fruiting
    Fruiting
  • Perigynia (brown) and scales (straw-colored, with awns)
    Perigynia (brown) and scales (straw-colored, with awns)

References

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  1. ^ Encycl. 3: 393 (1792)
  2. ^ a b c "Carex crinita Lam". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  3. ^ Estes, Dwayne (2013). "Carex fumosimontana (Cyperaceae), a new endemic from the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, North Carolina and Tennessee". Brittonia. 65 (2): 200–207. doi:10.1007/s12228-012-9269-6. S2CID 13074898.