Carex roanensis F.J. Hermann
Detail
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Botanical Name
- Carex roanensis F.J. Hermann
- Common Name
- Roan Mountain Sedge
- Synonym(s)
- Flora of Virginia Name/Status
- Carex roanensis F.J. Hermann
- Comments
- Carex virescens-like specimens with longer perigynia (ca. 3.5 mm) and elongate spikes sparsely flowered basally, probably belong here. For a fuller understanding of the species see: The Geographic and Ecological Distribution of the Roan Mountain Sedge, Carex roanensis (Cyperaceae) in Castanea 71:45-53 (2006). See also Noteworthy Collections in Castanea 63:85-86 (1998).
- Habitat
- Mostly dry-mesic (occasionally mesic or dry), often rocky, oak, oak-hickory, and mixed hardwood forests at middle to high elevations. Rare in the mountains.
- Native Status
- Native
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