Carex styloflexa

ClassificationMonocots
FamilyCyperaceae
Family (Traditional)Cyperaceae
GenusCarex
Species:Carex styloflexa Buckley
Common NameBent Sedge
Growth Habitgraminoid
Plant Notes**
CharacteristicsArmaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: No; Woody Herbaceous: Herbaceous; Natural Area Presence: FCFSP; Natural Area Presence: GILES; Natural Area Presence: GRSM; Natural Area Presence: LGS; Natural Area Presence: LULA; Natural Area Presence: NCCGSNA; 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 8
StatusNative; AGCP (FACW), EMP (FACW) (NWPL); TN[SNR] KY[S3S4] (State Rank); G4G5 (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
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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: Bell (KY), Carter (KY), Christian (KY), Harlan (KY), Laurel (KY), Leslie (KY), McCreary (KY), Menifee (KY), Rockcastle (KY), Whitley (KY), Anderson (TN), Bledsoe (TN), Campbell (TN), Carter (TN), Chester (TN), Cocke (TN), Coffee (TN), Cumberland (TN), Fentress (TN), Franklin (TN), Giles (TN), Grainger (TN), Greene (TN), Grundy (TN), Hamilton (TN), Hancock (TN), Henderson (TN), Hickman (TN), Jackson (TN), Knox (TN), Lawrence (TN), Lewis (TN), McMinn (TN), Marion (TN), Meigs (TN), Monroe (TN), Morgan (TN), Overton (TN), Polk (TN), Putnam (TN), Rhea (TN), Roane (TN), Robertson (TN), Scott (TN), Sequatchie (TN), Sevier (TN), Sullivan (TN), Unicoi (TN), Union (TN), Van Buren (TN)

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

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1980 - 2016

Accession No. (click for full details) County State Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
31234100065901 Harlan Kentucky 29 May 1993 Bryce D. Fields
999345
EKY
Carex styloflexa
31234100065893 Christian Kentucky 28 Apr 2010 Deborah White
26
EKY
Carex styloflexa
31234100066057 Knox Tennessee 02 May 1992 Henry R. DeSelm
EKY
Carex styloflexa
ETSU006087 Greene Tennessee 08 Jun 2016 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Carex styloflexa
N/A Unicoi Tennessee 26 May 2012 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Carex styloflexa
TENN-V-0050904 Fentress Tennessee
TENN
Carex styloflexa
TENN-V-0050894 Cumberland Tennessee
TENN
Carex styloflexa
TENN-V-0050907 Grainger Tennessee
TENN
Carex styloflexa
TENN-V-0050889 Bledsoe Tennessee
TENN
Carex styloflexa
TENN-V-0050929 Scott Tennessee
TENN
Carex styloflexa
TENN-V-0050905 Franklin Tennessee
TENN
Carex styloflexa
TENN-V-0050895 Cumberland Tennessee
TENN
Carex styloflexa
TENN-V-0050930 Scott Tennessee
TENN
Carex styloflexa
TENN-V-0050906 Giles Tennessee
TENN
Carex styloflexa
TENN-V-0050917 McMinn Tennessee
TENN
Carex styloflexa
31234100065950 Laurel Kentucky 12 May 1989 Ralph L. Thompson
89-638
EKY
Carex styloflexa
31234100066081 Tennessee 21 May 1980 Brian Boom
453
EKY
Carex styloflexa
31234100065927 Laurel Kentucky 16 May 1987 Ralph L. Thompson
87-381
EKY
Carex styloflexa
ETSU002108 Monroe Tennessee
ETSU
Carex styloflexa
ETSU006088 Greene Tennessee 08 Jun 2016 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Carex styloflexa
ETSU002109 Unicoi Tennessee 17 May 2014 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Carex styloflexa
31973000010816 Harlan Kentucky
KNK
Carex styloflexa
TENN-V-0050897 Cumberland Tennessee
TENN
Carex styloflexa
TENN-V-0050888 Anderson Tennessee
TENN
Carex styloflexa
TENN-V-0050892 Cocke Tennessee
TENN
Carex styloflexa
TENN-V-0050891 Campbell Tennessee
TENN
Carex styloflexa
TENN-V-0050918 Meigs Tennessee
TENN
Carex styloflexa
TENN-V-0050901 Fentress Tennessee
TENN
Carex styloflexa
TENN-V-0050931 Sevier Tennessee
TENN
Carex styloflexa
TENN-V-0050893 Coffee Tennessee
TENN
Carex styloflexa
TENN-V-0050911 Henderson Tennessee
TENN
Carex styloflexa
TENN-V-0050903 Fentress Tennessee
TENN
Carex styloflexa
UCHT004295 Hamilton Tennessee 11 May 2007 S. Huskins
766
UCHT
Carex styloflexa
ETSU030101 Carter Tennessee
ETSU
Carex styloflexa
TENN-V-0050923 Polk Tennessee
TENN
Carex styloflexa
TENN-V-0050902 Fentress Tennessee
TENN
Carex styloflexa
TENN-V-0050920 Morgan Tennessee
TENN
Carex styloflexa
TENN-V-0050933 Van Buren Tennessee
TENN
Carex styloflexa
TENN-V-0050896 Cumberland Tennessee
TENN
Carex styloflexa
APSC0092193 McCreary Kentucky
APSC
Carex styloflexa
APSC0065884 Campbell Tennessee
APSC
Carex styloflexa
APSC0053518 Polk Tennessee
APSC
Carex styloflexa
UCHT037128 Polk Tennessee
UCHT
Carex styloflexa
UTM02642 Polk Tennessee
UTM
Carex styloflexa
31234100065935 Laurel Kentucky 16 May 1987 Ralph L. Thompson
87-381
EKY
Carex styloflexa
31234100066065 Morgan Tennessee 12 May 1989 Ronald L. Jones
5976
EKY
Carex styloflexa
TENN-V-0050914 Jackson Tennessee
TENN
Carex styloflexa
TENN-V-0050926 Putnam Tennessee
TENN
Carex styloflexa
TENN-V-0057694 Bell Kentucky
TENN
Carex styloflexa
TENN-V-0050898 Cumberland Tennessee
TENN
Carex styloflexa
TENN-V-0050916 Lewis Tennessee
TENN
Carex styloflexa
TENN-V-0050919 Morgan Tennessee
TENN
Carex styloflexa
APSC0051587 Polk Tennessee
APSC
Carex styloflexa
APSC0064776 Chester Tennessee
APSC
Carex styloflexa
APSC0051375 Lewis Tennessee
APSC
Carex styloflexa
APSC0051387 Lewis Tennessee
APSC
Carex styloflexa
UCHT037130 Jackson Tennessee
UCHT
Carex styloflexa
31234100065976 Menifee Kentucky 01 May 1988 Ross C. Clark
21433
EKY
Carex styloflexa
31234100065919 Harlan Kentucky 26 May 1994 Bryce D. Fields
791
EKY
Carex styloflexa
MDKY00003262 McCreary Kentucky
MDKY
Carex styloflexa
MDKY00003265 Leslie Kentucky
MDKY
Carex styloflexa
TENN-V-0050912 Hickman Tennessee
TENN
Carex styloflexa
TENN-V-0050890 Campbell Tennessee
TENN
Carex styloflexa
TENN-V-0050927 Rhea Tennessee
TENN
Carex styloflexa
TENN-V-0050915 Lawrence Tennessee
TENN
Carex styloflexa
TENN-V-0050887 Anderson Tennessee
TENN
Carex styloflexa
TENN-V-0050921 Morgan Tennessee
TENN
Carex styloflexa
APSC0068534 Jackson Tennessee
APSC
Carex styloflexa
APSC0036265 Campbell Tennessee
APSC
Carex styloflexa
31234100065992 Rockcastle Kentucky 12 May 1990 Neal Denton
1133
EKY
Carex styloflexa
BEREA003811 Laurel Kentucky 16 May 1987 Ralph L. Thompson
87-381
BEREA
Carex styloflexa
MDKY00003264 Leslie Kentucky
MDKY
Carex styloflexa
TENN-V-0050922 Overton Tennessee
TENN
Carex styloflexa
TENN-V-0050924 Polk Tennessee
TENN
Carex styloflexa
TENN-V-0050899 Cumberland Tennessee
TENN
Carex styloflexa
TENN-V-0046173 Robertson Tennessee
TENN
Carex styloflexa
UCHT004298 Marion Tennessee 08 Jun 1983 Edwin Bridges
457
UCHT
Carex styloflexa
APSC0056743 Lewis Tennessee
APSC
Carex styloflexa
APSC0092181 Whitley Kentucky
APSC
Carex styloflexa
APSC0068532 Jackson Tennessee
APSC
Carex styloflexa
APSC0092199 McCreary Kentucky
APSC
Carex styloflexa
UOS06878 Franklin Tennessee 14 Jun 2006 Yolande M. Gottfried
UOS
Carex styloflexa
31234100066073 Polk Tennessee 21 May 1980 Brian Boom
454
EKY
Carex styloflexa
31234100065943 Laurel Kentucky 31 May 1986 Ralph L. Thompson
86-145
EKY
Carex styloflexa
BEREA003810 Laurel Kentucky 12 May 1989 Ralph L. Thompson
89-638
BEREA
Carex styloflexa
MDKY00003266 Carter Kentucky
MDKY
Carex styloflexa
MDKY00003263 McCreary Kentucky
MDKY
Carex styloflexa
TENN-V-0050910 Henderson Tennessee
TENN
Carex styloflexa
TENN-V-0050909 Hancock Tennessee
TENN
Carex styloflexa
TENN-V-0050932 Sullivan Tennessee
TENN
Carex styloflexa
TENN-V-0050925 Putnam Tennessee
TENN
Carex styloflexa
TENN-V-0057695 Whitley Kentucky
TENN
Carex styloflexa
UCHT004297 Marion Tennessee 01 May 1999 John Beck
3207
UCHT
Carex styloflexa
ETSU032779 Carter Tennessee
ETSU
Carex styloflexa
APSC0053408 Polk Tennessee
APSC
Carex styloflexa
31234100066040 Bledsoe Tennessee 14 May 1989 Ronald Jones
6049
EKY
Carex styloflexa
BEREA003812 Laurel Kentucky 31 May 1986 Ralph L. Thompson
86-145
BEREA
Carex styloflexa
MDKY00003261 Menifee Kentucky
MDKY
Carex styloflexa
MDKY00003260 Leslie Kentucky
MDKY
Carex styloflexa
TENN-V-0050913 Jackson Tennessee
TENN
Carex styloflexa
TENN-V-0046172 Union Tennessee
TENN
Carex styloflexa
TENN-V-0050928 Roane Tennessee
TENN
Carex styloflexa
TENN-V-0050900 Fentress Tennessee
TENN
Carex styloflexa
TENN-V-0050908 Grundy Tennessee
TENN
Carex styloflexa
UCHT004294 Jackson Tennessee 24 Apr 1992 R. Kral
80209
UCHT
Carex styloflexa
APSC0052624 Sequatchie Tennessee
APSC
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