Carex radiata (Wahlenb.) Small
Detail
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Botanical Name
- Carex radiata (Wahlenb.) Small
- Common Name
- Eastern Star Sedge
- Synonym(s)
- Flora of Virginia Name/Status
- Carex radiata (Wahlenb.) Small
- Comments
- This species was subsumed under Carex rosea in many older Virginia floristic studies, and is far more widespread that the current distribution map indicates, probably occurring in every county. The very similar Carex socialis should be looked for in well-drained alluvial forests. It differs in being rhizomatous and having more slender perigynia (3-) 4-5 × as long as wide.
- Habitat
- Well-drained bottomland forests, alluvial swamps, seepage swamps, depression swamps and ponds, maritime swamps, mesic to dry-mesic upland forests, and various moist to wet, disturbed, usually shaded habitats. Frequent to locally common in the Piedmont and mountains, less frequent and more local in the Coastal Plain.
- Native Status
- Native
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