Carex austrocaroliniana

ClassificationMonocots
FamilyCyperaceae
Family (Traditional)Cyperaceae
GenusCarex
Species:Carex austrocaroliniana L. H. Bailey
Common NameTarheel Sedge
Growth Habitgraminoid
Plant Notes**
CharacteristicsArmaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: No; Woody Herbaceous: Herbaceous; Natural Area Presence: BFM; Natural Area Presence: FG; Natural Area Presence: GM; Natural Area Presence: GRSM; Natural Area Presence: LULA; Natural Area Presence: NCCGSNA; Natural Area Presence: ObedWSR; Natural Area Presence: SGSNA; Natural Area Presence: SM; Natural Area Presence: TRG; Natural Area Presence: WOLF; Duration: Perennial; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: graminoid; Moisture Requirements: Dry-mesic; Moisture Requirements: Mesic; Region of Origin: North America; Reproductive Phenology: April; Reproductive Phenology: May; 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
StatusNative; TN[S2S3] KY[S3] (State Rank); G4 (Global Rank)
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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.

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  • Counties
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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: Laurel (KY), McCreary (KY), Blount (TN), Campbell (TN), Cannon (TN), Cumberland (TN), DeKalb (TN), Franklin (TN), Grundy (TN), Hamilton (TN), Marion (TN), Monroe (TN), Pickett (TN), Polk (TN), Rhea (TN), Roane (TN), Scott (TN), Sequatchie (TN), Sevier (TN), Sullivan (TN), Van Buren (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: APSC, BEREA, EKY, ETSU, HTTU, KNK, MDKY, TENN, UCHT, UOS, UTM, VDB

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1977 - 2011

Accession No. (click for full details) County State Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
31234100050473 Polk Tennessee 18 Apr 1980 T. Filipczak
58
EKY
Carex austrocaroliniana
TENN-V-0046641 Marion Tennessee
TENN
Carex austrocaroliniana
TENN-V-0046665 Van Buren Tennessee
TENN
Carex austrocaroliniana
TENN-V-0046662 Roane Tennessee
TENN
Carex austrocaroliniana
TENN-V-0046629 Cannon Tennessee
TENN
Carex austrocaroliniana
TENN-V-0046628 Campbell Tennessee
TENN
Carex austrocaroliniana
TENN-V-0046652 Polk Tennessee
TENN
Carex austrocaroliniana
TENN-V-0046640 Marion Tennessee
TENN
Carex austrocaroliniana
APSC0037631 DeKalb Tennessee
APSC
Carex austrocaroliniana
APSC0053498 Polk Tennessee
APSC
Carex austrocaroliniana
HTTU034699 Marion Tennessee
HTTU
Carex austrocaroliniana
UCHT037261 Polk Tennessee
UCHT
Carex austrocaroliniana
UCHT037257 Polk Tennessee
UCHT
Carex austrocaroliniana
UCHT037264 Marion Tennessee
UCHT
Carex austrocaroliniana
UTM02652 Polk Tennessee
UTM
Carex austrocaroliniana
BEREA003235 Laurel Kentucky Ralph L. Thompson
BEREA
Carex austrocaroliniana
ETSU001750 Sullivan Tennessee
ETSU
Carex austrocaroliniana
31973000009740 Franklin Tennessee
KNK
Carex austrocaroliniana
TENN-V-0046660 Roane Tennessee
TENN
Carex austrocaroliniana
TENN-V-0046631 Cumberland Tennessee
TENN
Carex austrocaroliniana
TENN-V-0046644 Marion Tennessee
TENN
Carex austrocaroliniana
TENN-V-0046651 Polk Tennessee
TENN
Carex austrocaroliniana
TENN-V-0046664 Sevier Tennessee
TENN
Carex austrocaroliniana
UCHT004102 Marion Tennessee 25 May 1983 Edwin Bridges
289
UCHT
Carex austrocaroliniana
APSC0053500 Polk Tennessee
APSC
Carex austrocaroliniana
APSC0037628 Marion Tennessee
APSC
Carex austrocaroliniana
APSC0072019 McCreary Kentucky
APSC
Carex austrocaroliniana
UCHT037259 Sevier Tennessee
UCHT
Carex austrocaroliniana
BRIT473096 DeKalb Tennessee 16 Apr 1994 Milo Pyne
94-054
VDB
Carex austrocaroliniana
31234100050424 Laurel Kentucky Ralph L. Thompson
EKY
Carex austrocaroliniana
31234100050457 Laurel Kentucky Ralph L. Thompson
EKY
Carex austrocaroliniana
BEREA003234 Laurel Kentucky Ralph L. Thompson, Marty Bender
BEREA
Carex austrocaroliniana
TENN-V-0046655 Polk Tennessee
TENN
Carex austrocaroliniana
TENN-V-0046661 Roane Tennessee
TENN
Carex austrocaroliniana
TENN-V-0046656 Polk Tennessee
TENN
Carex austrocaroliniana
TENN-V-0046646 Monroe Tennessee
TENN
Carex austrocaroliniana
UCHT004108 Marion Tennessee 25 Mar 2011 E. Blyveis
600
UCHT
Carex austrocaroliniana
UCHT004104 Hamilton Tennessee 13 May 2008 Joey Shaw
JSh-2008-33
UCHT
Carex austrocaroliniana
APSC0053407 Polk Tennessee
APSC
Carex austrocaroliniana
APSC0053791 Marion Tennessee
APSC
Carex austrocaroliniana
HTTU028701 Sevier Tennessee 27 Mar 1977 R. W. Simmers, Jr.
HTTU
Carex austrocaroliniana
BRIT473102 Polk Tennessee 16 Apr 1977 R. Kral
59643
VDB
Carex austrocaroliniana
BRIT473094 Cannon Tennessee 18 Apr 1987 Milo Guthrie
1675
VDB
Carex austrocaroliniana
31234100050440 Laurel Kentucky Ralph L. Thompson
EKY
Carex austrocaroliniana
TENN-V-0046654 Polk Tennessee
TENN
Carex austrocaroliniana
TENN-V-0046637 Grundy Tennessee
TENN
Carex austrocaroliniana
TENN-V-0046643 Marion Tennessee
TENN
Carex austrocaroliniana
TENN-V-0046638 Grundy Tennessee
TENN
Carex austrocaroliniana
TENN-V-0046639 Marion Tennessee
TENN
Carex austrocaroliniana
TENN-V-0046630 Cumberland Tennessee
TENN
Carex austrocaroliniana
UCHT004107 Marion Tennessee 08 Apr 2011 E. Blyveis
736
UCHT
Carex austrocaroliniana
HTTU028467 Marion Tennessee
HTTU
Carex austrocaroliniana
UCHT037262 Rhea Tennessee
UCHT
Carex austrocaroliniana
UCHT040212 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Carex austrocaroliniana
TENN-V-0046658 Rhea Tennessee
TENN
Carex austrocaroliniana
TENN-V-0046626 Blount Tennessee
TENN
Carex austrocaroliniana
TENN-V-0046642 Marion Tennessee
TENN
Carex austrocaroliniana
UCHT004100 Marion Tennessee John Beck
3165
UCHT
Carex austrocaroliniana
APSC0040505 DeKalb Tennessee
APSC
Carex austrocaroliniana
UCHT037258 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Carex austrocaroliniana
UCHT037263 Tennessee
UCHT
Carex austrocaroliniana
UCHT037260 Polk Tennessee
UCHT
Carex austrocaroliniana
BRIT473098 DeKalb Tennessee 03 May 1986 R. Kral
73337
VDB
Carex austrocaroliniana
31234100050481 Roane Tennessee 27 Apr 1988 V. E. McNeilus
88-252
EKY
Carex austrocaroliniana
BEREA003236 Laurel Kentucky Ralph L. Thompson
BEREA
Carex austrocaroliniana
MDKY00002367 McCreary Kentucky
MDKY
Carex austrocaroliniana
TENN-V-0046657 Polk Tennessee
TENN
Carex austrocaroliniana
TENN-V-0046659 Roane Tennessee
TENN
Carex austrocaroliniana
TENN-V-0046645 Marion Tennessee
TENN
Carex austrocaroliniana
TENN-V-0046634 Franklin Tennessee
TENN
Carex austrocaroliniana
TENN-V-0046632 DeKalb Tennessee
TENN
Carex austrocaroliniana
TENN-V-0046633 Franklin Tennessee
TENN
Carex austrocaroliniana
APSC0053499 Polk Tennessee
APSC
Carex austrocaroliniana
APSC0040209 Polk Tennessee
APSC
Carex austrocaroliniana
UOS06657 Franklin Tennessee 15 May 1996 Landon E. McKinney
UOS
Carex austrocaroliniana
UOS06659 Roane Tennessee 12 Apr 1998 V.E. McNeilus
UOS
Carex austrocaroliniana
ETSU032337 Monroe Tennessee James T Donaldson
ETSU
Carex austrocaroliniana
BEREA003237 Laurel Kentucky Ralph L. Thompson
BEREA
Carex austrocaroliniana
MDKY00002365 McCreary Kentucky
MDKY
Carex austrocaroliniana
TENN-V-0046663 Scott Tennessee
TENN
Carex austrocaroliniana
TENN-V-0046636 Franklin Tennessee
TENN
Carex austrocaroliniana
UCHT004103 Hamilton Tennessee 21 Mar 2007 S. Huskins
504
UCHT
Carex austrocaroliniana
APSC0037632 Polk Tennessee
APSC
Carex austrocaroliniana
BRIT473106 Scott Tennessee 22 Jun 1993 A.A. Reznicek
9554
VDB
Carex austrocaroliniana
BRIT473107 Sequatchie Tennessee 29 May 1990 R. Kral
77734
VDB
Carex austrocaroliniana
BRIT473103 Polk Tennessee 16 Apr 1977 R. Kral
59641
VDB
Carex austrocaroliniana
BRIT473097 DeKalb Tennessee 29 Mar 1980 Milo Gurhrie
VDB
Carex austrocaroliniana
BRIT473093 Cannon Tennessee 28 Mar 1980 Milo Guthrie
VDB
Carex austrocaroliniana
31234100050465 Laurel Kentucky Ralph L. Thompson
EKY
Carex austrocaroliniana
MDKY00002366 McCreary Kentucky
MDKY
Carex austrocaroliniana
TENN-V-0046653 Polk Tennessee
TENN
Carex austrocaroliniana
TENN-V-0046650 Pickett Tennessee
TENN
Carex austrocaroliniana
TENN-V-0046649 Monroe Tennessee
TENN
Carex austrocaroliniana
TENN-V-0046648 Monroe Tennessee
TENN
Carex austrocaroliniana
TENN-V-0046647 Monroe Tennessee
TENN
Carex austrocaroliniana
TENN-V-0046635 Franklin Tennessee
TENN
Carex austrocaroliniana
TENN-V-0046627 Blount Tennessee
TENN
Carex austrocaroliniana
UCHT004101 Marion Tennessee 13 Apr 1983 Edwin Bridges
50
UCHT
Carex austrocaroliniana
APSC0053795 Marion Tennessee
APSC
Carex austrocaroliniana
APSC0053844 Hamilton Tennessee
APSC
Carex austrocaroliniana
APSC0048626 Sequatchie Tennessee
APSC
Carex austrocaroliniana
ETSU032338 Monroe Tennessee James T Donaldson
ETSU
Carex austrocaroliniana
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