Carex leavenworthii

ClassificationMonocots
FamilyCyperaceae
Family (Traditional)Cyperaceae
GenusCarex
Species:Carex leavenworthii Dewey
Common NameLeavenworths Sedge
Growth Habitgraminoid
Plant Notes**
CharacteristicsArmaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: No; Woody Herbaceous: Herbaceous; Natural Area Presence: CCNMP; Natural Area Presence: DRU; Natural Area Presence: FCFSP; Natural Area Presence: GILES; Natural Area Presence: GRSM; Natural Area Presence: LC; Natural Area Presence: LGS; Duration: Perennial; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: graminoid; Moisture Requirements: Sub-xeric; Moisture Requirements: Dry-mesic; Region of Origin: North America; 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 2
StatusNative; TN[SNR] KY[S4S5] (State Rank); G5 (Global Rank)
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** 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.

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  • 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: Ballard (KY), Boone (KY), Bullitt (KY), Caldwell (KY), Christian (KY), Fayette (KY), Franklin (KY), Fulton (KY), Garrard (KY), Jefferson (KY), Larue (KY), Laurel (KY), Letcher (KY), Livingston (KY), Lyon (KY), McCracken (KY), Madison (KY), Pendleton (KY), Simpson (KY), Trigg (KY), Warren (KY), Anderson (TN), Bedford (TN), Carroll (TN), Cheatham (TN), Clay (TN), Crockett (TN), Cumberland (TN), Davidson (TN), Decatur (TN), DeKalb (TN), Dyer (TN), Fayette (TN), Gibson (TN), Giles (TN), Hamilton (TN), Hardeman (TN), Haywood (TN), Houston (TN), Humphreys (TN), Jackson (TN), Knox (TN), Lake (TN), Lincoln (TN), Loudon (TN), McMinn (TN), Marion (TN), Marshall (TN), Meigs (TN), Montgomery (TN), Overton (TN), Putnam (TN), Rhea (TN), Roane (TN), Rutherford (TN), Sequatchie (TN), Sevier (TN), Shelby (TN), Stewart (TN), Sumner (TN), Van Buren (TN), Wayne (TN), Weakley (TN), White (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: APSC, BEREA, BOON, EKY, KNK, MEM, MTSU, SWMT, TENN, UCHT, UOS, VDB

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1970 - 2014

Accession No. (click for full details) County State Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
31234100056058 Fulton Kentucky 05 May 1990 Landon E. McKinney
4125
EKY
Carex leavenworthii
31234100056082 Lyon Kentucky 05 May 1992 Landon E. McKinney
4968
EKY
Carex leavenworthii
31234100056074 Letcher Kentucky 26 May 1978 Jeffrey D. Sole
134
EKY
Carex leavenworthii
31234100056108 Trigg Kentucky 05 May 1992 Landon E. McKinney
4986
EKY
Carex leavenworthii
31234100056090 Madison Kentucky 19 Sep 1993 Gary W. Libby
OB-729
EKY
Carex leavenworthii
31234100056066 Laurel Kentucky 29 May 1989 Ralph L. Thompson
89-807
EKY
Carex leavenworthii
31234100056157 Rhea Tennessee 05 May 1988 V. E. McNeilus
88-351
EKY
Carex leavenworthii
BEREA022775 Garrard Kentucky
BEREA
Carex leavenworthii
BEREA003632 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Carex leavenworthii
BEREA003629 Ballard Kentucky
BEREA
Carex leavenworthii
BEREA003630 Laurel Kentucky
BEREA
Carex leavenworthii
BEREA003628 Ballard Kentucky
BEREA
Carex leavenworthii
BEREA003633 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Carex leavenworthii
BEREA003631 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Carex leavenworthii
31973000010369 DeKalb Tennessee
KNK
Carex leavenworthii
TENN-V-0049280 Loudon Tennessee
TENN
Carex leavenworthii
TENN-V-0049263 Hamilton Tennessee
TENN
Carex leavenworthii
TENN-V-0049294 Tennessee
TENN
Carex leavenworthii
TENN-V-0049310 Sumner Tennessee
TENN
Carex leavenworthii
TENN-V-0049266 Hamilton Tennessee
TENN
Carex leavenworthii
TENN-V-0049314 Wayne Tennessee
TENN
Carex leavenworthii
TENN-V-0049271 Houston Tennessee
TENN
Carex leavenworthii
TENN-V-0049254 Decatur Tennessee
TENN
Carex leavenworthii
TENN-V-0049248 Carroll Tennessee
TENN
Carex leavenworthii
TENN-V-0049306 Shelby Tennessee
TENN
Carex leavenworthii
TENN-V-0049264 Hamilton Tennessee
TENN
Carex leavenworthii
TENN-V-0049307 Shelby Tennessee
TENN
Carex leavenworthii
TENN-V-0049283 Loudon Tennessee
TENN
Carex leavenworthii
TENN-V-0049301 Rutherford Tennessee
TENN
Carex leavenworthii
TENN-V-0049251 Cumberland Tennessee
TENN
Carex leavenworthii
TENN-V-0055336 Larue Kentucky
TENN
Carex leavenworthii
TENN-V-0049261 Giles Tennessee
TENN
Carex leavenworthii
TENN-V-0049311 Sumner Tennessee
TENN
Carex leavenworthii
TENN-V-0049299 Rutherford Tennessee
TENN
Carex leavenworthii
TENN-V-0049297 Rhea Tennessee
TENN
Carex leavenworthii
TENN-V-0049253 Davidson Tennessee
TENN
Carex leavenworthii
TENN-V-0049302 Rutherford Tennessee
TENN
Carex leavenworthii
TENN-V-0049270 Houston Tennessee
TENN
Carex leavenworthii
TENN-V-0049269 Haywood Tennessee
TENN
Carex leavenworthii
TENN-V-0049282 Loudon Tennessee
TENN
Carex leavenworthii
TENN-V-0049292 Montgomery Tennessee
TENN
Carex leavenworthii
TENN-V-0049296 Putnam Tennessee
TENN
Carex leavenworthii
TENN-V-0049303 Rutherford Tennessee
TENN
Carex leavenworthii
TENN-V-0049256 DeKalb Tennessee
TENN
Carex leavenworthii
TENN-V-0049287 McMinn Tennessee
TENN
Carex leavenworthii
TENN-V-0049304 Sequatchie Tennessee
TENN
Carex leavenworthii
TENN-V-0049289 Montgomery Tennessee
TENN
Carex leavenworthii
TENN-V-0049286 Marshall Tennessee
TENN
Carex leavenworthii
TENN-V-0049267 Hardeman Tennessee
TENN
Carex leavenworthii
TENN-V-0049249 Clay Tennessee
TENN
Carex leavenworthii
TENN-V-0049298 Roane Tennessee
TENN
Carex leavenworthii
TENN-V-0055333 Christian Kentucky
TENN
Carex leavenworthii
TENN-V-0049277 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Carex leavenworthii
TENN-V-0049290 Montgomery Tennessee
TENN
Carex leavenworthii
TENN-V-0049312 Van Buren Tennessee
TENN
Carex leavenworthii
TENN-V-0049273 Jackson Tennessee
TENN
Carex leavenworthii
TENN-V-0049276 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Carex leavenworthii
TENN-V-0049285 Marshall Tennessee
TENN
Carex leavenworthii
TENN-V-0049275 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Carex leavenworthii
TENN-V-0049284 Marshall Tennessee
TENN
Carex leavenworthii
TENN-V-0055334 Franklin Kentucky
TENN
Carex leavenworthii
TENN-V-0049274 Jackson Tennessee
TENN
Carex leavenworthii
TENN-V-0049259 Gibson Tennessee
TENN
Carex leavenworthii
TENN-V-0049257 Dyer Tennessee
TENN
Carex leavenworthii
TENN-V-0049308 Shelby Tennessee
TENN
Carex leavenworthii
TENN-V-0049291 Montgomery Tennessee
TENN
Carex leavenworthii
TENN-V-0049260 Giles Tennessee
TENN
Carex leavenworthii
TENN-V-0049255 DeKalb Tennessee
TENN
Carex leavenworthii
TENN-V-0049265 Hamilton Tennessee
TENN
Carex leavenworthii
TENN-V-0049272 Jackson Tennessee
TENN
Carex leavenworthii
TENN-V-0049293 Montgomery Tennessee
TENN
Carex leavenworthii
TENN-V-0049300 Rutherford Tennessee
TENN
Carex leavenworthii
TENN-V-0049268 Haywood Tennessee
TENN
Carex leavenworthii
TENN-V-0049305 Sevier Tennessee
TENN
Carex leavenworthii
TENN-V-0049262 Hamilton Tennessee
TENN
Carex leavenworthii
TENN-V-0049315 Wayne Tennessee
TENN
Carex leavenworthii
TENN-V-0049295 Overton Tennessee
TENN
Carex leavenworthii
TENN-V-0049252 Davidson Tennessee
TENN
Carex leavenworthii
TENN-V-0049246 Bedford Tennessee
TENN
Carex leavenworthii
TENN-V-0049250 Crockett Tennessee
TENN
Carex leavenworthii
TENN-V-0049316 Weakley Tennessee
TENN
Carex leavenworthii
TENN-V-0049279 Lincoln Tennessee
TENN
Carex leavenworthii
TENN-V-0049313 Wayne Tennessee
TENN
Carex leavenworthii
TENN-V-0049247 Anderson Tennessee
TENN
Carex leavenworthii
TENN-V-0049258 Fayette Tennessee
TENN
Carex leavenworthii
TENN-V-0049278 Lake Tennessee
TENN
Carex leavenworthii
TENN-V-0049309 Stewart Tennessee
TENN
Carex leavenworthii
TENN-V-0049281 Loudon Tennessee
TENN
Carex leavenworthii
TENN-V-0055335 Fayette Kentucky
TENN
Carex leavenworthii
TENN-V-0049288 Meigs Tennessee
TENN
Carex leavenworthii
UCHT004477 Hamilton Tennessee April, 1971 Frank Bowers
UCHT
Carex leavenworthii
UCHT004476 Marion Tennessee 01 May 1999 John Beck
3232
UCHT
Carex leavenworthii
006507 Cumberland Tennessee
BOON
Carex leavenworthii
APSC0036846 Carroll Tennessee
APSC
Carex leavenworthii
APSC0104212 Simpson Kentucky 03 May 1982 Max Medley
APSC
Carex leavenworthii
APSC0037534 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Carex leavenworthii
APSC0036855 Humphreys Tennessee
APSC
Carex leavenworthii
APSC0058794 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Carex leavenworthii
APSC0104507 Simpson Kentucky 03 May 1982 Max Medley
APSC
Carex leavenworthii
APSC0036847 Houston Tennessee
APSC
Carex leavenworthii
APSC0036856 Franklin Kentucky 01 Jun 2006 Dwayne Estes
APSC
Carex leavenworthii
APSC0066753 Christian Kentucky 18 May 1993 Landon McKinney
APSC
Carex leavenworthii
APSC0073502 Jefferson Kentucky 23 Apr 1986
APSC
Carex leavenworthii
APSC0077443 Jefferson Kentucky 18 Apr 1986 Max Medley
APSC
Carex leavenworthii
APSC0104227 Warren Kentucky
APSC
Carex leavenworthii
APSC0037535 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Carex leavenworthii
APSC0036845 Houston Tennessee
APSC
Carex leavenworthii
APSC0104225 Warren Kentucky
APSC
Carex leavenworthii
APSC0104112 Livingston Kentucky 25 Apr 1985 Max Medley
APSC
Carex leavenworthii
APSC0036843 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Carex leavenworthii
APSC0036503 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Carex leavenworthii
APSC0036501 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Carex leavenworthii
APSC0066603 Jefferson Kentucky
APSC
Carex leavenworthii
APSC0104254 Bullitt Kentucky
APSC
Carex leavenworthii
APSC0036844 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Carex leavenworthii
APSC0036860 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Carex leavenworthii
APSC0036854 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Carex leavenworthii
APSC0036852 Cheatham Tennessee
APSC
Carex leavenworthii
APSC0036853 Caldwell Kentucky 03 Jun 2014 Mason Brock
APSC
Carex leavenworthii
APSC0036774 Houston Tennessee
APSC
Carex leavenworthii
MTSU003441 White Tennessee 01 Apr 1986 Mike Trapp
49
MTSU
Carex leavenworthii
MTSU003442 Rutherford Tennessee 24 Apr 1989 John C. Stewart
MTSU
Carex leavenworthii
MTSU003438 Haywood Tennessee 08 May 1987 Landon E. McKinney
MTSU
Carex leavenworthii
MTSU003437 Rutherford Tennessee 16 Apr 1986 Elvis Brandon
MTSU
Carex leavenworthii
UOS06832 Van Buren Tennessee 02 May 2001 Chris A. Fleming
UOS
Carex leavenworthii
BRIT170013 Tennessee
VDB
Carex leavenworthii
BRIT170005 Tennessee
VDB
Carex leavenworthii
BRIT170012 Tennessee
VDB
Carex leavenworthii
BRIT170009 Tennessee
VDB
Carex leavenworthii
BRIT170006 Tennessee
VDB
Carex leavenworthii
BRIT170008 Tennessee
VDB
Carex leavenworthii
BRIT169990 Tennessee
VDB
Carex leavenworthii
BRIT169998 Tennessee
VDB
Carex leavenworthii
BRIT170016 Tennessee
VDB
Carex leavenworthii
BRIT169996 Tennessee
VDB
Carex leavenworthii
BRIT170010 Tennessee
VDB
Carex leavenworthii
BRIT169992 Tennessee
VDB
Carex leavenworthii
BRIT170003 Tennessee
VDB
Carex leavenworthii
BRIT170004 Tennessee
VDB
Carex leavenworthii
BRIT169989 Tennessee
VDB
Carex leavenworthii
BRIT169993 Tennessee
VDB
Carex leavenworthii
BRIT169997 Tennessee
VDB
Carex leavenworthii
BRIT170015 Tennessee
VDB
Carex leavenworthii
BRIT170011 Tennessee
VDB
Carex leavenworthii
BRIT170017 Tennessee
VDB
Carex leavenworthii
BRIT169986 Tennessee
VDB
Carex leavenworthii
BRIT169987 Tennessee
VDB
Carex leavenworthii
BRIT170001 Tennessee
VDB
Carex leavenworthii
BRIT169994 Tennessee
VDB
Carex leavenworthii
BRIT170014 Tennessee
VDB
Carex leavenworthii
BRIT169995 Tennessee
VDB
Carex leavenworthii
BRIT169985 Tennessee
VDB
Carex leavenworthii
BRIT170007 Tennessee
VDB
Carex leavenworthii
BRIT169991 Tennessee
VDB
Carex leavenworthii
BRIT170002 Tennessee
VDB
Carex leavenworthii
BRIT169988 Tennessee
VDB
Carex leavenworthii
SWMT05061 Shelby Tennessee 14 May 2013 A. DeGenova
67
SWMT
Carex leavenworthii
BEREA025507 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Carex leavenworthii
BEREA025537 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Carex leavenworthii
MEM014631 Fayette Kentucky 26 May 1978 Johnny B. Varner
10813
MEM
Carex leavenworthii
MEM011632 Warren Kentucky 16 May 1972 Willem Meijer
s.n.
MEM
Carex leavenworthii
MEM007527 McCracken Kentucky 07 Jun 1970 Raymond Athey
995
MEM
Carex leavenworthii
31973000010359 Boone Kentucky
KNK
Carex leavenworthii
31973000010358 Pendleton Kentucky
KNK
Carex leavenworthii
BRIT169999 Tennessee
VDB
Carex leavenworthii
BRIT170000 Tennessee
VDB
Carex leavenworthii
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