Inflorescence © T. M. Jones 2006

Adaxial leaf surface © T. M. Jones 2006

Habitat Fern Lake Bog, Cleveland Museum of Natural History © T. M. Jones 2006

Distribution

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Description

Fruiting period	May to July.
Culm height	10-100 cm.
Leaf	0.3-4.5 mm wide.
Terminal spike	gynecandrous.
Lateral spike	pistillate to gynecandrous.
Perigynium	planoconvex in cross section.
Achene	biconvex in cross section.
Style	deciduous.

Habitat

Acidic soils of bogs, wet pinelands.

Quick description

Typical species of wet peatland communities;
forms small tussocks.

Similar species

Carex sparganioides

Carex cephalophora

Author and publication information for name

Carex atlantica L. H. Bailey, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club. 20: 425. 1893.

Conservation and Wetland Status

Threatened and Endangered Status

State	Status
Indiana	Threatened

Wetland Status

Facultative Wetland, Obligate Wetland

Subspecies and varieties

Carex atlantica L. H. Bailey subsp. atlantica

Carex atlantica L. H. Bailey subsp. capillacea
(L. H. Bailey) Reznicek

Synonym (s)

Carex stellulata Goodenough var. conferta Chapman,
Fl. South. U.S., 534. 1860, not C. conferta Hochstetter
ex A. Richard 1850

Vernacular name

Atlantic Sedge

Section

Links

Carex Interactive Identification Key

Flora Of North America treatment

Tennessee Vascular Plants Atlas

Download Excel spreadsheet of GBIF data

References

Ball, P.W. and A.A. Reznicek. 2002. Carex
Pp. 254-572. Flora of North America, volume 23.
Oxford University Press, New York and Oxford.

U.S. Department of Agriculture.
PLANTS Database.
http://plants.usda.gov/index.html
Accessed primarily in August 2006.

GBIF Data Portal  www.gbif.org
Missouri Botanical Garden, 01 records;
University of Alabama Herbarium , 05 records;
University of Kansas Plant Collection, 01 record .
Accessed on October 11 2006.

© T. M. Jones 2006

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