Carex tonsa (Fernald) Bicknell
Detail
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Botanical Name
- Carex tonsa (Fernald) Bicknell
- Common Name
- Shaved Sedge
- Synonym(s)
- Carex umbellata, in part
- Flora of Virginia Name/Status
- Carex tonsa (Fernald) Bicknell
- Comments
- Carex tonsa is the most frequent member of the Carex umbellata complex in Virginia and the most distinctive. Early leaves are often short, broad at the base and tapering for their length, thus awl-shaped. This, coupled with the very long-beaked perigynia with its glabrous body are a unique combination. At full maturity (when the plant is "shelling out"), the achenes are nearly black, almost round, and dimpled apically. The map is based mostlyly on specimens in major Virginia herbaria determined by Wieboldt in 2013; probably present in every county.
- Habitat
- Dry forests, woodlands, and clearings, often in heavy, red clay soil, but also in a variety of other soil types.
- Native Status
- Native
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