Carex texensis

ClassificationMonocots
FamilyCyperaceae
Family (Traditional)Cyperaceae
GenusCarex
Species:Carex texensis (Torr. ex L. H. Bailey) L. H. Bailey
Common NameTexas Sedge
Growth Habitgraminoid
Plant Notes**
CharacteristicsArmaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: No; Woody Herbaceous: Herbaceous; Natural Area Presence: GILES; Natural Area Presence: GRSM; Duration: Perennial; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: graminoid; Moisture Requirements: Xeric; Moisture Requirements: Sub-xeric; 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 6
StatusNative; 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.

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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

SynonymFull Citation
Carex rosea var. texensis Carex rosea var. texensis

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), Campbell (KY), Carter (KY), Clinton (KY), Franklin (KY), Garrard (KY), Jefferson (KY), Jessamine (KY), Larue (KY), Lee (KY), McCracken (KY), Madison (KY), Monroe (KY), Pendleton (KY), Pulaski (KY), Anderson (TN), Bedford (TN), Carroll (TN), Carter (TN), Clay (TN), Coffee (TN), Decatur (TN), DeKalb (TN), Dickson (TN), Franklin (TN), Gibson (TN), Giles (TN), Grainger (TN), Hamilton (TN), Hardeman (TN), Hawkins (TN), Haywood (TN), Hickman (TN), Houston (TN), Jackson (TN), Jefferson (TN), Knox (TN), Lauderdale (TN), Lincoln (TN), Loudon (TN), Madison (TN), Maury (TN), Meigs (TN), Monroe (TN), Montgomery (TN), Morgan (TN), Polk (TN), Putnam (TN), Rhea (TN), Roane (TN), Rutherford (TN), Shelby (TN), Sullivan (TN), Sumner (TN), Tipton (TN), Unicoi (TN), Union (TN), Van Buren (TN), Warren (TN), Washington (TN), Wayne (TN)

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

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1939 - 2019

Accession No. (click for full details) County State Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
31234100724374 Garrard Kentucky 02 May 2011 W.W. Overbeck
1193
EKY
Carex texensis
31234100766573 Madison Kentucky 10 May 2016 Thomas McFadden
240
EKY
Carex texensis
BEREA003843 Ballard Kentucky 28 Mar 2012 Ralph L. Thompson
Dec-37
BEREA
Carex texensis
ETSU002151 Unicoi Tennessee 04 May 2014 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Carex texensis
N/A Carter Tennessee 01 Aug 2012 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Carex texensis
TENN-V-0051065 Meigs Tennessee
TENN
Carex texensis
TENN-V-0051073 Montgomery Tennessee
TENN
Carex texensis
TENN-V-0051035 DeKalb Tennessee
TENN
Carex texensis
TENN-V-0051043 Gibson Tennessee
TENN
Carex texensis
TENN-V-0051054 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Carex texensis
TENN-V-0051028 Bedford Tennessee
TENN
Carex texensis
TENN-V-0051053 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Carex texensis
TENN-V-0051077 Roane Tennessee
TENN
Carex texensis
TENN-V-0051030 Carroll Tennessee
TENN
Carex texensis
BEREA003847 Monroe Kentucky 18 May 2009 Ralph L. Thompson, Ronald L. Jones
09-242
BEREA
Carex texensis
N/A Unicoi Tennessee 30 Apr 2016 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Carex texensis
31973000010839 Pendleton Kentucky
KNK
Carex texensis
TENN-V-0051083 Sumner Tennessee
TENN
Carex texensis
TENN-V-0051063 Maury Tennessee
TENN
Carex texensis
TENN-V-0051064 Meigs Tennessee
TENN
Carex texensis
TENN-V-0051062 Morgan Tennessee
TENN
Carex texensis
TENN-V-0051079 Shelby Tennessee
TENN
Carex texensis
TENN-V-0051050 Houston Tennessee
TENN
Carex texensis
TENN-V-0051089 Wayne Tennessee
TENN
Carex texensis
TENN-V-0051082 Sullivan Tennessee
TENN
Carex texensis
TENN-V-0051069 Montgomery Tennessee
TENN
Carex texensis
TENN-V-0051051 Jackson Tennessee
TENN
Carex texensis
TENN-V-0051067 Monroe Tennessee
TENN
Carex texensis
BEREA003845 Madison Kentucky 12 Jun 1992 J. Richard Abbott
2559
BEREA
Carex texensis
BEREA003846 Madison Kentucky 13 May 2010 Ralph L. Thompson
10-248
BEREA
Carex texensis
TENN-V-0051031 Carroll Tennessee
TENN
Carex texensis
TENN-V-0051085 Union Tennessee
TENN
Carex texensis
TENN-V-0051078 Rutherford Tennessee
TENN
Carex texensis
TENN-V-0051029 Bedford Tennessee
TENN
Carex texensis
TENN-V-0051074 Putnam Tennessee
TENN
Carex texensis
TENN-V-0051045 Grainger Tennessee
TENN
Carex texensis
TENN-V-0051084 Tipton Tennessee
TENN
Carex texensis
TENN-V-0051046 Grainger Tennessee
TENN
Carex texensis
TENN-V-0051059 Lincoln Tennessee
TENN
Carex texensis
TENN-V-0051044 Giles Tennessee
TENN
Carex texensis
APSC0076934 Pulaski Kentucky
APSC
Carex texensis
APSC0104504 Lee Kentucky
APSC
Carex texensis
31234100724390 Garrard Kentucky 02 May 2011 W.W. Overbeck
1191
EKY
Carex texensis
ETSU002148 Unicoi Tennessee 12 May 2014 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Carex texensis
ETSU002150 Unicoi Tennessee 16 May 2014 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Carex texensis
ETSU002149 Unicoi Tennessee 12 May 2014 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Carex texensis
TENN-V-0051036 DeKalb Tennessee
TENN
Carex texensis
TENN-V-0051075 Rhea Tennessee
TENN
Carex texensis
TENN-V-0051042 Franklin Tennessee
TENN
Carex texensis
TENN-V-0051072 Montgomery Tennessee
TENN
Carex texensis
TENN-V-0051039 Franklin Tennessee
TENN
Carex texensis
TENN-V-0051049 Hardeman Tennessee
TENN
Carex texensis
TENN-V-0051066 Monroe Tennessee
TENN
Carex texensis
APSC0104503 Jefferson Kentucky 27 Apr 1982 Max Medley
APSC
Carex texensis
APSC0065237 Coffee Tennessee
APSC
Carex texensis
APSC0056207 Madison Tennessee
APSC
Carex texensis
TENN-V-0051076 Roane Tennessee
TENN
Carex texensis
TENN-V-0051087 Van Buren Tennessee
TENN
Carex texensis
TENN-V-0051057 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Carex texensis
TENN-V-0051052 Jefferson Tennessee
TENN
Carex texensis
TENN-V-0051060 Lincoln Tennessee
TENN
Carex texensis
TENN-V-0051038 Dickson Tennessee
TENN
Carex texensis
TENN-V-0051088 Wayne Tennessee
TENN
Carex texensis
TENN-V-0051037 DeKalb Tennessee
TENN
Carex texensis
TENN-V-0051070 Montgomery Tennessee
TENN
Carex texensis
APSC0055145 Madison Tennessee
APSC
Carex texensis
APSC0104502 Jefferson Kentucky 27 Apr 1982 Max Medley
APSC
Carex texensis
APSC0106540 Franklin Kentucky
APSC
Carex texensis
MTSU003482 Rutherford Tennessee 19 Apr 1994 Shannon Graham
MTSU
Carex texensis
MTSU003490 Rutherford Tennessee 27 Apr 1995 Kelly M. Skelton
MTSU
Carex texensis
BEREA003844 Madison Kentucky 09 May 1992 J. Richard Abbott, Ralph L. Thompson
2120
BEREA
Carex texensis
TENN-V-0051033 Tennessee
TENN
Carex texensis
TENN-V-0051055 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Carex texensis
TENN-V-0051081 Shelby Tennessee
TENN
Carex texensis
TENN-V-0051058 Lauderdale Tennessee
TENN
Carex texensis
TENN-V-0051056 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Carex texensis
APSC0092517 Garrard Kentucky
APSC
Carex texensis
APSC0077441 Jefferson Kentucky 18 Apr 1986 Max Medley
APSC
Carex texensis
006784 Tennessee
BOON
Carex texensis
APSC0053514 Polk Tennessee
APSC
Carex texensis
MTSU003481 Rutherford Tennessee 16 Apr 1997 Josh Kogess
MTSU
Carex texensis
MTSU003489 Rutherford Tennessee 27 Apr 1995 Dawn Cayll
MTSU
Carex texensis
UOS06884 Van Buren Tennessee 17 May 2001 Chris A. Fleming
UOS
Carex texensis
ETSU033418 Carter Tennessee 27 Jul 2012 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Carex texensis
31973000010840 Campbell Kentucky
KNK
Carex texensis
TENN-V-0051068 Monroe Tennessee
TENN
Carex texensis
TENN-V-0051071 Montgomery Tennessee
TENN
Carex texensis
TENN-V-0051040 Franklin Tennessee
TENN
Carex texensis
TENN-V-0051048 Haywood Tennessee
TENN
Carex texensis
TENN-V-0051041 Franklin Tennessee
TENN
Carex texensis
TENN-V-0051061 Loudon Tennessee
TENN
Carex texensis
TENN-V-0051047 Hamilton Tennessee
TENN
Carex texensis
APSC0036524 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Carex texensis
MTSU003486 Rutherford Tennessee 10 Apr 1995 Kenya Beverly
MTSU
Carex texensis
31234100766565 Madison Kentucky 07 May 2016 Thomas McFadden
228
EKY
Carex texensis
APSC0050683 Larue Kentucky
APSC
Carex texensis
APSC0036525 Knox Tennessee
APSC
Carex texensis
UOS00041 Franklin Tennessee 24 Jun 2013 Nathan Bourne
UOS
Carex texensis
SWMT00698 Tennessee 10 May 1939
SWMT
Carex texensis
N/A Hawkins Tennessee 17 May 2019 Frosty Levy, Elaine Walker
ETSU
Carex texensis
ETSU025922 Hawkins Tennessee 16 Apr 2019 Frosty Levy
19085
ETSU
Carex texensis
TENN-V-0051080 Shelby Tennessee
TENN
Carex texensis
TENN-V-0051034 Decatur Tennessee
TENN
Carex texensis
TENN-V-0051032 Clay Tennessee
TENN
Carex texensis
APSC0064559 Montgomery Tennessee 01 May 2009 Dwayne Estes
APSC
Carex texensis
APSC0098837 Warren Tennessee
APSC
Carex texensis
MTSU003485 Rutherford Tennessee 10 Apr 1995 Angie Greer
MTSU
Carex texensis
MTSU003488 Rutherford Tennessee 10 Apr 1995 Jagruti Patidar
MTSU
Carex texensis
MTSU003484 Rutherford Tennessee 10 Apr 1995 Carolyn Pinckley
MTSU
Carex texensis
MTSU003483 Rutherford Tennessee 06 Apr 1990 Kurt E. Blum
MTSU
Carex texensis
ETSU026149 Hawkins Tennessee 17 May 2019 Frosty Levy, Elaine Walker
19313
ETSU
Carex texensis
ETSU006257 Washington Tennessee 23 May 2016 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Carex texensis
31234100766649 Madison Kentucky 13 May 2016 Ralph Thompson
16-377
EKY
Carex texensis
31234100070489 Clinton Kentucky 15 Jul 2000 Mark A. Gorton
00-527
EKY
Carex texensis
31234100070471 Carter Kentucky 11 May 1998 Ronald L. Jones
8501c
EKY
Carex texensis
N/A Unicoi Tennessee 02 May 2016 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Carex texensis
ETSU006293 Unicoi Tennessee 24 Mar 2016 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Carex texensis
TENN-V-0051027 Anderson Tennessee
TENN
Carex texensis
TENN-V-0051086 Union Tennessee
TENN
Carex texensis
UCHT004524 Hickman Tennessee 01 Jun 2010 E. Blyveis
28
UCHT
Carex texensis
APSC0036535 Montgomery Tennessee 24 Apr 1948 Alfred Clebsch
APSC
Carex texensis
MTSU003487 Rutherford Tennessee 20 Apr 1992 Todd Adams
MTSU
Carex texensis
MTSU003491 Rutherford Tennessee 13 Apr 1993 Joseph Smith
MTSU
Carex texensis
N/A Hawkins Tennessee 16 Apr 2019 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Carex texensis
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Carex texensis - Joey Shaw
Carex texensis - Joey Shaw
Carex texensis - Joey Shaw
Carex texensis - Joey Shaw
Carex texensis - Joey Shaw
Carex texensis - Joey Shaw
Carex texensis - Joey Shaw
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