WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (2/10/25):
Carex joorii
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex joorii
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Carex joorii
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 23 (2002)
Carex joorii
SYNONYMOUS WITH Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Carex joorii
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-17-096:
Carex joorii FAMILY Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Carex joorii
COMMON NAME:
Joor's Sedge, Hummock Sedge, Cypress-swamp Sedge
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_cajo2_001_pvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_cajo2_003_pvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (2/10/25):
Carex joorii
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex joorii
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Carex joorii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 23
Carex joorii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Carex joorii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-17-096:
Carex joorii
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Carex joorii
4548
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Monoecious
Habitat: swamps, upland depression swamps in the Piedmont, sphagnous wetlands, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Coastal Plain of GA & SC, uncommon in Carolina Piedmont (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal? Alternate, 3-ranked?
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Perianth absent
3 stamens
Superior ovary
Unisexual
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Nutlet
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