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| name = Carex verrucosa
 
| name = Carex verrucosa
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| image = Care_verr.jpg
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| image_caption = Photo by John R. Gwaltney, [http://www.southeasternflora.com/index.asp Southeastern Flora.com]
 
| regnum = Plantae
 
| regnum = Plantae
 
| divisio = Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
 
| divisio = Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
 
| classis = Liliopsida – Monocotyledons  
 
| classis = Liliopsida – Monocotyledons  
| ordo = Cyperales
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| ordo = Poales
 
| familia = Cyperaceae
 
| familia = Cyperaceae
 
| genus = ''Carex''
 
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| binomial_authority = Muhl.
 
| binomial_authority = Muhl.
 
| range_map = CARE_VERR_dist.jpg
 
| range_map = CARE_VERR_dist.jpg
| range_map_caption = Natural range of ''Carex verrucosa'' from USDA NRCS [http://www.plants.usda.gov Plants Database].
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| range_map_caption = Natural range of ''Carex verrucosa'' from USDA NRCS [http://www.plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=CAVE8 Plants Database].
 
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Common name: Warty sedge
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==Taxonomic notes==
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Synonym: ''Carex glaucescens'' Elliott var. ''androgyna'' M.A. Curtis<ref name=weakley>Weakley, A.S. 2020. Flora of the Southeastern United States. Edition of 20 October 2020. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.</ref>
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Varieties: none<ref name=weakley/>
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==Description==  
 
==Description==  
 
<!-- Basic life history facts such as annual/perrenial, monoecious/dioecious, root morphology, seed type, etc. -->
 
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Common Name: warty sedge
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A description of ''Carex verrucosa'' is provided in [http://efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=242357615 The Flora of North America].
  
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
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''Carex verrucosa'' is endemic to the longleaf pine range.<ref>Sorrie, B. A. and A. S. Weakley 2001. Coastal Plain valcular plant endemics: Phytogeographic patterns. Castanea 66: 50-82.</ref>, distributed from southeast North Carolina south to Florida and west to Louisiana.<ref name="natureserve">[[http://explorer.natureserve.org/servlet/NatureServe?searchName=Carex+verrucosa]]NatureServe. Accessed: april 12, 2016</ref>
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==Ecology==
 
==Ecology==
 
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===Habitat=== <!--Natural communities, human disturbed habitats, topography, hydrology, soils, light, fire regime requirements for removal of competition, etc.-->
Carex verrucosa are sedges almost restricted to wet savanna communities.<ref name="Walker and Peet 1983">Walker, J. and R. K. Peet (1983). "Composition and species diversity of pine-wiregrass savannas of the Green Swamp, North Carolina." Vegetatio 55: 163-179.</ref>
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''Carex verrucosa'' are sedges that are almost restricted to wet savanna communities.<ref name="Walker and Peet 1983">Walker, J. and R. K. Peet (1983). "Composition and species diversity of pine-wiregrass savannas of the Green Swamp, North Carolina." Vegetatio 55: 163-179.</ref>
Thrives in wetland depressions in the southeastern coastal plain.<ref name="Edwards and Weakley et al 2001">Edwards, A. L. and A. S. Weakley (2001). "Population biology and management of rare plants in depression wetlands of the southeastern coastal plain, USA." Natural Areas Journal 21: 12-35.</ref>. This species is found in sphagnum bogs in pine woods depressions, cypress ponds, and sweetbay-titi swamps. It is tolerant a range of light levels, from shady to sunny. It grows in sandy loam and peaty soils that are wet to saturated. Also found in roadside ditches (FSU Herbarium).
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Thrives in wetland depressions in the southeastern coastal plain.<ref name="Edwards and Weakley et al 2001">Edwards, A. L. and A. S. Weakley (2001). "Population biology and management of rare plants in depression wetlands of the southeastern coastal plain, USA." Natural Areas Journal 21: 12-35.</ref> This species is found in sphagnum bogs in pine woods depressions, cypress ponds, and sweetbay-titi swamps. It is tolerant a range of light levels, from shady to sunny. It grows in sandy loam and peaty soils that are wet to saturated. Also found in roadside ditches.<ref name="fsu">Florida State University Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium database. URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: June 2014. Collectors: L. C. Anderson, J. R. Burkhalter, K. C. Burks, G. R. Cooley, S. Cooper, R. J. Eaton, A. Gholson, R. K. Godfrey, D. W. Hall, E. Keppner, L. Keppner, G. R. Knight, R. Kral, S. W. Leonard, D. L. Martin, S. McDaniel, R. A. Norris, A. Schmidt, G. Schultz, C. R. Slaughter, L. B. Trott, and C. E. Wood Jr. States and Counties: Florida: Bay, Calhoun, Clay, Columbia, Duval, Escambia, Franklin, Gadsden, Hamilton, Holmes, Jackson, Jefferson, Leon, Liberty, Marion, Polk, Suwannee, Taylor, Wakulla, Walton, and Washington. Georgia: Thomas.</ref>
  
===Phenology=== <!--Timing off flowering, fruiting, seed dispersal, and environmental triggers. Cite PanFlora website if appropriate: http://www.gilnelson.com/PanFlora/ -->
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Associated species include ''Carex walteriana, Ilex myrtifolia, Lyonia, Panicum hemitomon, [[Polygala cymosa]], Pontederia, [[Rhynchospora corniculata]], Taxodium distichum'', and others.<ref name="fsu"/>
Flowering has been observed in March through June, and also in October (FSU Herbarium).
 
  
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===Phenology=== <!--Timing off flowering, fruiting, and environmental triggers.  Cite PanFlora website if appropriate: http://www.gilnelson.com/PanFlora/ -->
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The inflorescence is arranged in a spike. It has superior ovaries. ''C. verrucosa'' has been observed flowering from February to July, and also in October and November with peak inflorescence in April and May.<ref>Nelson, G.  [http://www.gilnelson.com/ PanFlora]: Plant data for the eastern United States with emphasis on the Southeastern Coastal Plains, Florida, and the Florida Panhandle. www.gilnelson.com/PanFlora/  Accessed: 7 DEC 2016</ref><ref name="fsu"/> The fruit is a nutlet.<ref name="natureserve"/>
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==Conservation and Management==
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Populations of ''Carex'' species have been known to persist through repeated annual burns.<ref>Robertson, K.M. Unpublished data collected from Pebble Hill Fire Plots, Pebble Hill Plantation, Thomasville, Georgia.</ref>
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==Conservation, cultivation, and restoration==
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==Photo Gallery==
 
==Photo Gallery==
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==References and notes==
 
==References and notes==
Florida State University Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium database. URL: [http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu]. Last accessed: June 2014.
 
 
Collectors: L. C. Anderson, J. R. Burkhalter, K. C. Burks, G. R. Cooley, S. Cooper, R. J. Eaton, A. Gholson, R. K. Godfrey, D. W. Hall, E. Keppner, L. Keppner, G. R. Knight, R. Kral, S. W. Leonard, D. L. Martin, S. McDaniel, R. A. Norris, A. Schmidt, G. Schultz, C. R. Slaughter, L. B. Trott, and C. E. Wood Jr.
 
 
States and Counties: Florida: Bay, Calhoun, Clay, Columbia, Duval, Escambia, Franklin, Gadsden, Hamilton, Holmes, Jackson, Jefferson, Leon, Liberty, Marion, Polk, Suwannee, Taylor, Wakulla, Walton, and Washington. Georgia: Thomas.
 

Latest revision as of 13:15, 22 May 2023

Carex verrucosa
Care verr.jpg
Photo by John R. Gwaltney, Southeastern Flora.com
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Carex
Species: C. verrucosa
Binomial name
Carex verrucosa
Muhl.
CARE VERR dist.jpg
Natural range of Carex verrucosa from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Common name: Warty sedge

Taxonomic notes

Synonym: Carex glaucescens Elliott var. androgyna M.A. Curtis[1]

Varieties: none[1]

Description

A description of Carex verrucosa is provided in The Flora of North America.

Distribution

Carex verrucosa is endemic to the longleaf pine range.[2], distributed from southeast North Carolina south to Florida and west to Louisiana.[3]

Ecology

Habitat

Carex verrucosa are sedges that are almost restricted to wet savanna communities.[4] Thrives in wetland depressions in the southeastern coastal plain.[5] This species is found in sphagnum bogs in pine woods depressions, cypress ponds, and sweetbay-titi swamps. It is tolerant a range of light levels, from shady to sunny. It grows in sandy loam and peaty soils that are wet to saturated. Also found in roadside ditches.[6]

Associated species include Carex walteriana, Ilex myrtifolia, Lyonia, Panicum hemitomon, Polygala cymosa, Pontederia, Rhynchospora corniculata, Taxodium distichum, and others.[6]

Phenology

The inflorescence is arranged in a spike. It has superior ovaries. C. verrucosa has been observed flowering from February to July, and also in October and November with peak inflorescence in April and May.[7][6] The fruit is a nutlet.[3]

Fire ecology

Populations of Carex species have been known to persist through repeated annual burns.[8]

Conservation, cultivation, and restoration

Cultural use

Photo Gallery

References and notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 Weakley, A.S. 2020. Flora of the Southeastern United States. Edition of 20 October 2020. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
  2. Sorrie, B. A. and A. S. Weakley 2001. Coastal Plain valcular plant endemics: Phytogeographic patterns. Castanea 66: 50-82.
  3. 3.0 3.1 [[1]]NatureServe. Accessed: april 12, 2016
  4. Walker, J. and R. K. Peet (1983). "Composition and species diversity of pine-wiregrass savannas of the Green Swamp, North Carolina." Vegetatio 55: 163-179.
  5. Edwards, A. L. and A. S. Weakley (2001). "Population biology and management of rare plants in depression wetlands of the southeastern coastal plain, USA." Natural Areas Journal 21: 12-35.
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 Florida State University Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium database. URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: June 2014. Collectors: L. C. Anderson, J. R. Burkhalter, K. C. Burks, G. R. Cooley, S. Cooper, R. J. Eaton, A. Gholson, R. K. Godfrey, D. W. Hall, E. Keppner, L. Keppner, G. R. Knight, R. Kral, S. W. Leonard, D. L. Martin, S. McDaniel, R. A. Norris, A. Schmidt, G. Schultz, C. R. Slaughter, L. B. Trott, and C. E. Wood Jr. States and Counties: Florida: Bay, Calhoun, Clay, Columbia, Duval, Escambia, Franklin, Gadsden, Hamilton, Holmes, Jackson, Jefferson, Leon, Liberty, Marion, Polk, Suwannee, Taylor, Wakulla, Walton, and Washington. Georgia: Thomas.
  7. Nelson, G. PanFlora: Plant data for the eastern United States with emphasis on the Southeastern Coastal Plains, Florida, and the Florida Panhandle. www.gilnelson.com/PanFlora/ Accessed: 7 DEC 2016
  8. Robertson, K.M. Unpublished data collected from Pebble Hill Fire Plots, Pebble Hill Plantation, Thomasville, Georgia.