Description

  - range by political unit   - GBIF data

  - known populations

Flowering period	April to July.
Height	25-75 cm.
Leaf	4 - 8  mm wide.
Terminal spike	staminate.
Lateral spike	pistillate.
Perigynium	trigonous in cross section.
Achene	trigonous  in cross section.
Style	deciduous.

Habitat

Woodlands: riparian floodplains.

Quick description

Pubescent perigynia, leaves, and culm.

Conservation and Wetland Status

Threatened and Endangered Status

State	Status
Tennessee	Special Concern

Author and publication information for name

Carex hirtifolia Mackenzie, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club. 37: 244. 1910.

Synonym (s)

Carex pubescens Muhlenberg ex Willdenow,
Sp. Pl. 4(1): 281. 1805, not Poiret 1789

Vernacular name

Pubescent Sedge

Section

Carex sect. Hirtifoliae

Links

Carex Interactive Identification Key

Flora Of North America treatment

Flora Quebeca

Tennessee Vascular Plants Atlas

Cybersedge. Texas A&M University

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.net
Missouri Botanical Garden, 11 records;
University of Kansas Plant Collection, 01 record.
Accessed on Oct 11 2006.

© T. M. Jones 2006

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