Awned Sedge Guide - New York Natural Heritage Program

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Awned Sedge

Carex atherodes Spreng.

Monocots

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Kingdom: Plantae

      Phylum: Anthophyta

           Class: Monocots (Monocotyledoneae)

                Order: Cyperales

                     Family: Sedge Family (Cyperaceae)

Additional Common Names

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Sedge

Synonyms

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Carex aristata R. Br. not Honck.

Carex trichocarpa var. aristata Bailey

Comments on the Classification

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Carex atherodes is currently placed in section Carex which contains species with true vegetative culms and perigynia with long beaks and long beak teeth. Rare hybrids with C. trichocarpa are known (Reznicek and Catling 2002). It has been placed in section Paludosae by Mackenzie (1931-1935), Fernald (1970), and Gleason and Cronquist (1991).

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Please cite this page as:
New York Natural Heritage Program. 2013. Online Conservation Guide for Carex atherodes. Available from: http://www.acris.nynhp.org/guide.php?id=9456. Accessed May 21st, 2013.