Carex gracillima

ClassificationMonocots
FamilyCyperaceae
Family (Traditional)Cyperaceae
GenusCarex
Species:Carex gracillima Schwein.
Common NameGraceful Sedge
Growth Habitgraminoid
Plant Notes**
CharacteristicsArmaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: No; Woody Herbaceous: Herbaceous; Natural Area Presence: GRSM; Natural Area Presence: NRG; Duration: Perennial; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: graminoid; Moisture Requirements: Mesic-Hydric; Moisture Requirements: Hydric; Moisture Requirements: Wetland; Region of Origin: North America; Reproductive Phenology: April; Reproductive Phenology: May; Reproductive Phenology: June; Leaf Arrangement: alternate; Leaf Complexity: simple; Leaf Dissection: 0; Leaf Fragrance: No; Leaf Persistance: Deciduous; Leaf Petiole Type: sessile; Leaf Rank: 3-ranked; Leaf Type: grass-like; Leaf Venation: parallel; Leaflet Margins: entire; Leaflet Number: 0; Anther Type: Basifixed; Base Flower Color: Brown (incl. Maroon); Base Flower Color: Green; Fruit Dehiscence: No; Fruit Type: Achene; Fruit Wet/Dry: Dry; Hypanthium Present: No; Ovary Position: Superior; Overall Flower Symmetry: N/A; Perianth Present: No; Petal Fusion: N/A; Pistil Complexity: Compound; Pistil Number: 1; Placentation Type: Basal; Sepal Fusion: N/A; Sepal Number: 0; Sporangium Arrangement: N/A; Stamen Number: 3; Tepal Fusion: N/A; Tepal Number: 0
C value 10
StatusNative; AGCP (FACU), EMP (FACU) (NWPL); TN[SNR] KY[S5] (State Rank); G5 (Global Rank)
Specimen(s) View and Download Specimen Details »

** Not applicable or data not available.

Species Distribution Map

This species has been reported in the counties highlighted in the interactive distribution map below. Click on a county to display the its name. Click the question mark icon () to view additional information about the ecoregions shown. In the map legend, there are links to toggle the visibility of the ecoregions and/or their labels. In addition, clicking on an ecoregion name will highlight that region on the map.

  • State Boundaries
  • Counties
  • Counties - Species Present
Ecoregions
  • Southeastern Plains
    • Blackland Prarie
  • Blue Ridge Mountains
  • Ridge and Valley
  • Cumberland Plateau
  • Cumberland Mountains
  • Allegheny Plateau
  • Interior Plateau
    • Bluegrass Region
    • Nashville Basin
    • Pennyroyal Karst Plain
    • Western Highland Rim
    • Eastern Highland Rim

Synonyms

No synonyms exist for this species.

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort.

Counties included on distribution map: Calloway (KY), Carter (KY), Elliott (KY), Garrard (KY), Harlan (KY), Jackson (KY), Jefferson (KY), Knott (KY), Knox (KY), Laurel (KY), Lee (KY), Leslie (KY), Letcher (KY), McCreary (KY), Martin (KY), Menifee (KY), Morgan (KY), Powell (KY), Pulaski (KY), Rockcastle (KY), Rowan (KY), Trigg (KY), Wolfe (KY), Campbell (TN), Carter (TN), Cheatham (TN), Claiborne (TN), Coffee (TN), Cumberland (TN), Decatur (TN), DeKalb (TN), Fentress (TN), Hancock (TN), Hawkins (TN), Jackson (TN), Johnson (TN), Lewis (TN), Marion (TN), Monroe (TN), Overton (TN), Pickett (TN), Scott (TN), Sullivan (TN), Unicoi (TN), Wayne (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: APSC, BEREA, EKY, ETSU, KNK, MDKY, MEM, TENN, UCHT

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1973 - 2018

Accession No. (click for full details) County State Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
31234100048972 Harlan Kentucky 22 May 1993 Bryce D. Fields
276
EKY
Carex gracillima
31234100048964 Harlan Kentucky 20 May 1992 Landon E. McKinney
5014
EKY
Carex gracillima
31234100184983 Menifee Kentucky 01 May 1988 Ross C. Clark
21413
EKY
Carex gracillima
N/A Menifee Kentucky 01 May 1988 Ross C. Clark
21425
EKY
Carex gracillima
31234100049053 Trigg Kentucky 07 May 1976 Raymond Athey
3334
EKY
Carex gracillima
BEREA003490 Laurel Kentucky
BEREA
Carex gracillima
BEREA003489 Laurel Kentucky
BEREA
Carex gracillima
31973000010128 Harlan Kentucky
KNK
Carex gracillima
31973000010140 Powell Kentucky 22 Jun 1997 Naczi, Robert
6659
KNK
Carex gracillima
TENN-V-0054302 Menifee Kentucky
TENN
Carex gracillima
TENN-V-0048239 Sullivan Tennessee
TENN
Carex gracillima
TENN-V-0048220 DeKalb Tennessee
TENN
Carex gracillima
TENN-V-0048223 Fentress Tennessee
TENN
Carex gracillima
TENN-V-0048229 Overton Tennessee
TENN
Carex gracillima
APSC0076967 McCreary Kentucky
APSC
Carex gracillima
N/A Menifee Kentucky 01 May 1988 R.C.Clark
21425
EKY
Carex gracillima
31234100048998 Laurel Kentucky 16 May 1979 Richard H. Hannan
1741
EKY
Carex gracillima
31973000010138 Martin Kentucky 03 May 1992 Thieret, John
s.n.
KNK
Carex gracillima
31973000010137 Harlan Kentucky 26 Jun 1997 Naczi, Robert
6744
KNK
Carex gracillima
31973000010139 Powell Kentucky 23 May 1992 McKinney, Landon
5045
KNK
Carex gracillima
MDKY00002684 Lee Kentucky
MDKY
Carex gracillima
MDKY00002685 Lee Kentucky
MDKY
Carex gracillima
TENN-V-0048224 Hawkins Tennessee
TENN
Carex gracillima
TENN-V-0054301 Harlan Kentucky
TENN
Carex gracillima
TENN-V-0048226 Johnson Tennessee
TENN
Carex gracillima
TENN-V-0048219 Decatur Tennessee
TENN
Carex gracillima
APSC0067016 Calloway Kentucky
APSC
Carex gracillima
APSC0055569 Cumberland Tennessee
APSC
Carex gracillima
APSC0077034 Pulaski Kentucky
APSC
Carex gracillima
APSC0069707 McCreary Kentucky
APSC
Carex gracillima
31234100049038 Powell Kentucky 17 May 1999 Ronald L. Jones
9094
EKY
Carex gracillima
31234100049004 Leslie Kentucky 24 May 1979 Richard H. Hannan
1952b
EKY
Carex gracillima
31234100048956 Carter Kentucky 11 May 1998 Ronald L. Jones
8491
EKY
Carex gracillima
31234100045499 McCreary Kentucky 30 Jun 1994 Gary W. Libby
476
EKY
Carex gracillima
BEREA003493 Rockcastle Kentucky
BEREA
Carex gracillima
TENN-V-0048217 Cheatham Tennessee
TENN
Carex gracillima
TENN-V-0063311 Wayne Tennessee
TENN
Carex gracillima
TENN-V-0048233 Scott Tennessee
TENN
Carex gracillima
TENN-V-0048216 Carter Tennessee
TENN
Carex gracillima
TENN-V-0048221 Fentress Tennessee
TENN
Carex gracillima
TENN-V-0048227 Marion Tennessee
TENN
Carex gracillima
TENN-V-0048218 Claiborne Tennessee
TENN
Carex gracillima
APSC0056722 Lewis Tennessee
APSC
Carex gracillima
BEREA025432 Rockcastle Kentucky
BEREA
Carex gracillima
ETSU027113 Unicoi Tennessee 01 Jul 2018 Frosty Levy, Elaine Walker, Sollie Walker
18182
ETSU
Carex gracillima
UCHT038625 Wayne Tennessee
UCHT
Carex gracillima
UCHT035068 Trigg Kentucky
UCHT
Carex gracillima
BEREA025431 Garrard Kentucky
BEREA
Carex gracillima
BEREA025433 Garrard Kentucky
BEREA
Carex gracillima
MEM009877 Powell Kentucky 09 May 1974 Raymond Athey
2697
MEM
Carex gracillima
31234100049020 Morgan Kentucky 06 Jun 1979 Richard H. Hannan
2135
EKY
Carex gracillima
TENN-V-0048231 Scott Tennessee
TENN
Carex gracillima
TENN-V-0048213 Campbell Tennessee
TENN
Carex gracillima
TENN-V-0048236 Scott Tennessee
TENN
Carex gracillima
UCHT004223 Coffee Tennessee 01 Jun 2010 E. Blyveis
55
UCHT
Carex gracillima
APSC0056537 Coffee Tennessee
APSC
Carex gracillima
UCHT038626 Cumberland Tennessee
UCHT
Carex gracillima
MEM006565 Calloway Kentucky 21 May 1973 Raymond Athey
2302
MEM
Carex gracillima
31234100772704 Menifee Kentucky 01 May 1988 Ross C. Clark
21425
EKY
Carex gracillima
31234100048980 Knox Kentucky 17 May 1979 Richard H. Hannan
1767
EKY
Carex gracillima
MDKY00002694 Trigg Kentucky
MDKY
Carex gracillima
MDKY00002686 Letcher Kentucky
MDKY
Carex gracillima
MDKY00002692 Menifee Kentucky
MDKY
Carex gracillima
MDKY00002688 McCreary Kentucky
MDKY
Carex gracillima
MDKY00002689 McCreary Kentucky
MDKY
Carex gracillima
MDKY00002682 Jackson Kentucky
MDKY
Carex gracillima
TENN-V-0048237 Sullivan Tennessee
TENN
Carex gracillima
UCHT004221 Scott Tennessee 03 May 2001 V. E. McNeilus
01-169
UCHT
Carex gracillima
APSC0067018 Harlan Kentucky
APSC
Carex gracillima
APSC0056384 Hancock Tennessee
APSC
Carex gracillima
APSC0114858 Jefferson Kentucky
APSC
Carex gracillima
APSC0067573 Wayne Tennessee
APSC
Carex gracillima
APSC0064808 Fentress Tennessee
APSC
Carex gracillima
APSC0076969 McCreary Kentucky
APSC
Carex gracillima
31234100048949 Harlan Kentucky 26 May 1994 Bryce D. Fields
814
EKY
Carex gracillima
ETSU001817 Sullivan Tennessee
ETSU
Carex gracillima
TENN-V-0048230 Pickett Tennessee
TENN
Carex gracillima
TENN-V-0054284 Trigg Kentucky
TENN
Carex gracillima
TENN-V-0048215 Carter Tennessee
TENN
Carex gracillima
TENN-V-0048225 Jackson Tennessee
TENN
Carex gracillima
TENN-V-0048238 Sullivan Tennessee
TENN
Carex gracillima
TENN-V-0048234 Scott Tennessee
TENN
Carex gracillima
APSC0054506 Powell Kentucky
APSC
Carex gracillima
APSC0064547 Fentress Tennessee
APSC
Carex gracillima
APSC0067019 Trigg Kentucky
APSC
Carex gracillima
BEREA025545 Pulaski Kentucky
BEREA
Carex gracillima
31234100049012 McCreary Kentucky 07 May 1999 Ronald L. Jones
9070
EKY
Carex gracillima
31234100049061 Wolfe Kentucky 19 May 1998 Kim Feeman
220
EKY
Carex gracillima
31234100049079 Wolfe Kentucky 19 May 1998 Kim Feeman
204
EKY
Carex gracillima
BEREA003491 Rockcastle Kentucky
BEREA
Carex gracillima
MDKY00002690 Menifee Kentucky
MDKY
Carex gracillima
MDKY00002687 McCreary Kentucky
MDKY
Carex gracillima
MDKY00002683 Knott Kentucky
MDKY
Carex gracillima
MDKY00002681 Rowan Kentucky
MDKY
Carex gracillima
MDKY00002693 Menifee Kentucky
MDKY
Carex gracillima
TENN-V-0048232 Scott Tennessee
TENN
Carex gracillima
TENN-V-0048222 Fentress Tennessee
TENN
Carex gracillima
TENN-V-0048228 Monroe Tennessee
TENN
Carex gracillima
TENN-V-0048214 Campbell Tennessee
TENN
Carex gracillima
APSC0064319 Coffee Tennessee
APSC
Carex gracillima
APSC0059863 Trigg Kentucky
APSC
Carex gracillima
BEREA003492 Rockcastle Kentucky
BEREA
Carex gracillima
BEREA003488 Laurel Kentucky
BEREA
Carex gracillima
31973000010141 Rockcastle Kentucky 21 May 1997 Thompson, Ralph
97-400
KNK
Carex gracillima
31973000010127 Elliott Kentucky
KNK
Carex gracillima
MDKY00002691 Menifee Kentucky
MDKY
Carex gracillima
MDKY00002680 Rowan Kentucky
MDKY
Carex gracillima
TENN-V-0048235 Scott Tennessee
TENN
Carex gracillima
APSC0064546 Fentress Tennessee
APSC
Carex gracillima
APSC0058772 Coffee Tennessee
APSC
Carex gracillima
ETSU032519 Johnson Tennessee
ETSU
Carex gracillima
MEM010929 Harlan Kentucky 13 Jun 1975 Raymond Athey
3109
MEM
Carex gracillima
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Carex gracillima - Joey Shaw
Carex gracillima - Joey Shaw
Carex gracillima - Joey Shaw
Carex gracillima - Joey Shaw
Carex gracillima - Joey Shaw
Carex gracillima - Joey Shaw