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Revision as of 09:42, 1 April 2019

Common Names: Southern Waxy Sedge; Blue Sedge[1]

Carex glaucescens
Carex glaucescens AFP.jpg
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
CARE GLAU DIST.JPG
Natural range of Carex glaucescens from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

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 from March to October with peak inflorescence in July.[4] When it blooms, the perianth is absent.[5]

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.[6]

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. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 USDA Plant Database Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "USDA" defined multiple times with different content
  2. Carr, S. C., et al. (2010). "A Vegetation Classification of Fire-Dependent Pinelands of Florida." Castanea 75(2): 153-189.
  3. 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.
  4. 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
  5. [[1]] Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. Accessed: April 1, 2019
  6. Miller, J.H., and K.V. Miller. 1999. Forest plants of the southeast and their wildlife uses. Southern Weed Science Society.