Carex scabrata

ClassificationMonocots
FamilyCyperaceae
Family (Traditional)Cyperaceae
GenusCarex
Species:Carex scabrata Schwein.
Common NameEastern Rough Sedge
Growth Habitgraminoid
Plant Notes**
CharacteristicsArmaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: No; Woody Herbaceous: Herbaceous; Natural Area Presence: BFM; Natural Area Presence: GRSM; Duration: Perennial; General Ecology: Mudflat; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: graminoid; Moisture Requirements: Mesic; Moisture Requirements: Mesic-Hydric; Moisture Requirements: Hydric; Moisture Requirements: Wetland; Region of Origin: North America; Reproductive Phenology: May; Reproductive Phenology: June; Reproductive Phenology: July; 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 8
StatusNative; AGCP (OBL), EMP (OBL) (NWPL); TN[SNR] KY[S5] (State Rank); G5 (Global Rank)
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** Not applicable or data not available.

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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: Breathitt (KY), Harlan (KY), McCreary (KY), Menifee (KY), Powell (KY), Pulaski (KY), Wolfe (KY), Campbell (TN), Carter (TN), Fentress (TN), Greene (TN), Johnson (TN), Monroe (TN), Overton (TN), Polk (TN), Sullivan (TN), Unicoi (TN)

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

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1974 - 2015

Accession No. (click for full details) County State Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
ETSU002089 Unicoi Tennessee 21 Jun 2011 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Carex scabrata
ETSU002077 Carter Tennessee 11 Jul 2014 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Carex scabrata
ETSU005918 Unicoi Tennessee 03 Aug 2015 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Carex scabrata
ETSU002080 Unicoi Tennessee 08 May 2010 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Carex scabrata
ETSU006557 Unicoi Tennessee 23 Jun 2009 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Carex scabrata
N/A Carter Tennessee 14 Jul 2012 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Carex scabrata
ETSU002081 Greene Tennessee 16 May 2010 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Carex scabrata
ETSU002074 Greene Tennessee 01 Jun 2010 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Carex scabrata
N/A Unicoi Tennessee 26 May 2012 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Carex scabrata
TENN-V-0050637 Monroe Tennessee
TENN
Carex scabrata
TENN-V-0050639 Monroe Tennessee
TENN
Carex scabrata
APSC0076982 McCreary Kentucky
APSC
Carex scabrata
APSC0066946 Wolfe Kentucky
APSC
Carex scabrata
APSC0092180 Harlan Kentucky
APSC
Carex scabrata
ETSU030099 Carter Tennessee
ETSU
Carex scabrata
31234100852183 Powell Kentucky Ross C. Clark
1988-04-30
EKY
Carex scabrata
N/A Wolfe Kentucky 01 Aug 1988 R.C. Clark
21744
EKY
Carex scabrata
31234100064961 Harlan Kentucky 19 Aug 1998 Ronald L. Jones
8781
EKY
Carex scabrata
ETSU002078 Unicoi Tennessee 06 Jun 2010 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Carex scabrata
N/A Carter Tennessee 05 May 2012 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Carex scabrata
ETSU002075 Unicoi Tennessee 17 May 2014 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Carex scabrata
ETSU006554 Greene Tennessee 20 Jun 2009 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Carex scabrata
TENN-V-0050641 Polk Tennessee
TENN
Carex scabrata
APSC0076965 McCreary Kentucky
APSC
Carex scabrata
APSC0073883 Wolfe Kentucky
APSC
Carex scabrata
BRIT160806 Tennessee
VDB
Carex scabrata
BRIT160801 Tennessee
VDB
Carex scabrata
ETSU033401 Carter Tennessee 27 May 2012 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Carex scabrata
ETSU033399 Carter Tennessee
ETSU
Carex scabrata
ETSU030098 Carter Tennessee
ETSU
Carex scabrata
31234100064979 Powell Kentucky 08 May 1988 Julian Campbell
EKY
Carex scabrata
31973000010729 Powell Kentucky
KNK
Carex scabrata
TENN-V-0050632 Carter Tennessee
TENN
Carex scabrata
APSC0054505 Powell Kentucky
APSC
Carex scabrata
APSC0107205 McCreary Kentucky
APSC
Carex scabrata
BRIT160805 Tennessee
VDB
Carex scabrata
BRIT160807 Tennessee
VDB
Carex scabrata
ETSU033400 Carter Tennessee
ETSU
Carex scabrata
MEM010134 Powell Kentucky 09 May 1974 Raymond Athey
2691
MEM
Carex scabrata
31973000010730 Breathitt Kentucky
KNK
Carex scabrata
TENN-V-0050642 Polk Tennessee
TENN
Carex scabrata
TENN-V-0057252 Wolfe Kentucky
TENN
Carex scabrata
TENN-V-0050636 Johnson Tennessee
TENN
Carex scabrata
APSC0076966 McCreary Kentucky
APSC
Carex scabrata
APSC0070960 Menifee Kentucky
APSC
Carex scabrata
BRIT160803 Tennessee
VDB
Carex scabrata
BRIT160804 Tennessee
VDB
Carex scabrata
BRIT160800 Tennessee
VDB
Carex scabrata
ETSU002088 Unicoi Tennessee 09 Jun 2011 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Carex scabrata
ETSU002090 Greene Tennessee 13 Aug 2011 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Carex scabrata
N/A Unicoi Tennessee 06 Jun 2009 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Carex scabrata
ETSU006555 Unicoi Tennessee 14 Jul 2009 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Carex scabrata
ETSU002083 Unicoi Tennessee 21 Sep 2010 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Carex scabrata
ETSU002082 Unicoi Tennessee 16 Sep 2010 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Carex scabrata
ETSU002091 Johnson Tennessee
ETSU
Carex scabrata
TENN-V-0050634 Fentress Tennessee
TENN
Carex scabrata
TENN-V-0050638 Monroe Tennessee
TENN
Carex scabrata
APSC0076960 Pulaski Kentucky
APSC
Carex scabrata
UCHT040398 Polk Tennessee
UCHT
Carex scabrata
ETSU030794 Greene Tennessee
ETSU
Carex scabrata
ETSU033402 Carter Tennessee 27 May 2012 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Carex scabrata
N/A Wolfe Kentucky 01 Aug 1988 Ross C. Clark
21744
EKY
Carex scabrata
31234100064946 Powell Kentucky 17 May 1999 Ronald L. Jones
9095
EKY
Carex scabrata
ETSU002084 Unicoi Tennessee 14 Apr 2011 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Carex scabrata
ETSU002076 Unicoi Tennessee 15 May 2014 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Carex scabrata
TENN-V-0050631 Campbell Tennessee
TENN
Carex scabrata
TENN-V-0050633 Carter Tennessee
TENN
Carex scabrata
BRIT160802 Tennessee
VDB
Carex scabrata
ETSU030928 Carter Tennessee
ETSU
Carex scabrata
31234100064953 Harlan Kentucky 05 Sep 1998 Ronald L. Jones
8853
EKY
Carex scabrata
TENN-V-0050635 Johnson Tennessee
TENN
Carex scabrata
TENN-V-0057251 Menifee Kentucky
TENN
Carex scabrata
TENN-V-0050630 Campbell Tennessee
TENN
Carex scabrata
TENN-V-0050629 Campbell Tennessee
TENN
Carex scabrata
APSC0036443 Polk Tennessee
APSC
Carex scabrata
APSC0066945 Harlan Kentucky
APSC
Carex scabrata
APSC0070263 Wolfe Kentucky
APSC
Carex scabrata
HTTU034488 Overton Tennessee 03 Nov 2000 Mark Green
50
HTTU
Carex scabrata
UCHT038593 Polk Tennessee
UCHT
Carex scabrata
ETSU030097 Sullivan Tennessee
ETSU
Carex scabrata
ETSU006556 Greene Tennessee 15 Sep 2009 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Carex scabrata
ETSU002087 Unicoi Tennessee 30 May 2011 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Carex scabrata
ETSU002085 Unicoi Tennessee 15 May 2011 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Carex scabrata
ETSU002079 Unicoi Tennessee 08 May 2010 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Carex scabrata
ETSU002073 Unicoi Tennessee 26 Jun 2010 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Carex scabrata
ETSU002086 Unicoi Tennessee 19 May 2011 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Carex scabrata
TENN-V-0050640 Polk Tennessee
TENN
Carex scabrata
APSC0066947 Menifee Kentucky
APSC
Carex scabrata
MEM010928 Harlan Kentucky 12 Jun 1975 Raymond Athey
3098
MEM
Carex scabrata
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