Difference between revisions of "Carex glaucescens"
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| − | + | ''C. glaucescens'' is considered an indicator species of common wetland habitats. <ref name= "carr">Carr, S. C., et al. (2010). "A Vegetation Classification of Fire-Dependent Pinelands of Florida." Castanea 75(2): 153-189.</ref> Specimens of ''C. glaucescens'' have been collected from habitats such as wet pine flatwoods, wet sands of cypress pond swamps, burned over cypress gum swamps and wetland pine savannas, pine wetlands, wet roadside ditch, edge of creek on pine savanna, and marshy shore of lakes. <ref name = "FSU herbarium"> URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: June 2018. Collectors: Cecil Slaughter, R. Kral, R.K. Godfrey, L.P. Gilespie, P.L. Redfearn, Robert L. Lazor, Steve L. Orzell. Edwin L. Bridges, R.R. Smith, Sidney McDaniel, Jean W. Wooten, A. F. Clewell, E.A. Hebb, Gil Nelson, A. Gholson Jr., Loran Anderson, R.A. Norris, Rodie White, Marc Minno, Albert B. Pittman, Kathy A. Boyle, Sudie Thomas, Herrick H. K. Brown, Richard Carter. States and counties: Florida: Flager, Madison, Jefferson, Liberty, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, Gulf, Leon, Wakulla, Holmes, Washington, Calhoun, Franklin, Jackson, Walton, Gadsden, Escambia, Osceola, Baker, and Hamilton. Georgia: Clinch, Grady, Thomas, and Lowndes. South Carolina: Richland. North Carolina: Dare and Tyrrell.</ref> | |
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''C. glaucescens'' has been observed to flower in July, with some instances of earlier and later flowering during the rest of the summer months. <ref name= "Pan Flora"> 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: 16 MAY 2018</ref> | ''C. glaucescens'' has been observed to flower in July, with some instances of earlier and later flowering during the rest of the summer months. <ref name= "Pan Flora"> 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: 16 MAY 2018</ref> | ||
Revision as of 13:35, 1 April 2019
Common Names: Southern Waxy Sedge; Blue Sedge[1]
| Carex glaucescens | |
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| Photo by the Atlas of Florida Plants Database | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class: | Liliopsida - Moncots |
| Order: | Cyperales |
| Family: | Cyperaceae |
| Genus: | Carex |
| Species: | C. glaucescens |
| Binomial name | |
| Carex glaucescens Elliot | |
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| Natural range of Carex glaucescens from USDA NRCS Plants Database. | |
Contents
Taxonomic Notes
Synonyms:none
Varieties:none
Description
C. glaucescens is a perennial graminoid in the Cyperaceae family that is native to North America. [1]
Distribution
C. glaucescens is found in the southeastern United States. [1]
Ecology
Habitat
C. glaucescens is considered an indicator species of common wetland habitats. [2] Specimens of C. glaucescens have been collected from habitats such as wet pine flatwoods, wet sands of cypress pond swamps, burned over cypress gum swamps and wetland pine savannas, pine wetlands, wet roadside ditch, edge of creek on pine savanna, and marshy shore of lakes. [3]
Associated species: Taxodium ascendens, Nyssa biflora, Ludwigia sp., Lycopus sp., Eupatorium semiserratum, Eupatorium rotundifolium, Cyrilla racemiflora, and Juncus repens.[3]
Phenology
C. glaucescens has been observed to flower in July, with some instances of earlier and later flowering during the rest of the summer months. [4]
Use by animals
It consists of 5-10% of the diet of small mammals and terrestrial birds, and consists of 2-5% of the diet of large mammals. C. glaucescens is also an occasional source of cover for small mammals and terrestrial birds.[5]
Conservation and Management
It is listed as endangered by the Maryland Department of Natural Resources.[1]
Cultivation and restoration
Photo Gallery
References and notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 USDA Plant Database Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; name "USDA" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ Carr, S. C., et al. (2010). "A Vegetation Classification of Fire-Dependent Pinelands of Florida." Castanea 75(2): 153-189.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: June 2018. Collectors: Cecil Slaughter, R. Kral, R.K. Godfrey, L.P. Gilespie, P.L. Redfearn, Robert L. Lazor, Steve L. Orzell. Edwin L. Bridges, R.R. Smith, Sidney McDaniel, Jean W. Wooten, A. F. Clewell, E.A. Hebb, Gil Nelson, A. Gholson Jr., Loran Anderson, R.A. Norris, Rodie White, Marc Minno, Albert B. Pittman, Kathy A. Boyle, Sudie Thomas, Herrick H. K. Brown, Richard Carter. States and counties: Florida: Flager, Madison, Jefferson, Liberty, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, Gulf, Leon, Wakulla, Holmes, Washington, Calhoun, Franklin, Jackson, Walton, Gadsden, Escambia, Osceola, Baker, and Hamilton. Georgia: Clinch, Grady, Thomas, and Lowndes. South Carolina: Richland. North Carolina: Dare and Tyrrell.
- ↑ 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: 16 MAY 2018
- ↑ Miller, J.H., and K.V. Miller. 1999. Forest plants of the southeast and their wildlife uses. Southern Weed Science Society.
