Carex nigromarginata

ClassificationMonocots
FamilyCyperaceae
Family (Traditional)Cyperaceae
GenusCarex
Species:Carex nigromarginata Schwein.
Common NameBlack Edge Sedge
Growth Habitgraminoid
Plant Notes**
CharacteristicsArmaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: No; Woody Herbaceous: Herbaceous; Natural Area Presence: BE; Natural Area Presence: BFM; Natural Area Presence: GRSM; Natural Area Presence: LC; Natural Area Presence: LGS; Natural Area Presence: LULA; Natural Area Presence: NCCGSNA; Natural Area Presence: SM; Natural Area Presence: TRG; Natural Area Presence: WOLF; 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: March; 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; AGCP (FACU), EMP (UPL) (NWPL); TN[SNR] KY[S4?] (State Rank); G5 (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.

  • 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: Bell (KY), Calloway (KY), Clinton (KY), Crittenden (KY), Cumberland (KY), Grayson (KY), Hardin (KY), Harlan (KY), Henry (KY), Hickman (KY), Larue (KY), Lee (KY), Leslie (KY), Logan (KY), Lyon (KY), McCracken (KY), McCreary (KY), Madison (KY), Marion (KY), Marshall (KY), Muhlenberg (KY), Pulaski (KY), Rockcastle (KY), Rowan (KY), Todd (KY), Trigg (KY), Campbell (TN), Carter (TN), Cheatham (TN), Claiborne (TN), Clay (TN), Coffee (TN), Davidson (TN), Decatur (TN), DeKalb (TN), Franklin (TN), Greene (TN), Hamilton (TN), Hardeman (TN), Hawkins (TN), Humphreys (TN), Johnson (TN), Marion (TN), Morgan (TN), Overton (TN), Polk (TN), Putnam (TN), Stewart (TN), Sullivan (TN), Unicoi (TN), Union (TN), Washington (TN), White (TN)

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

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1956 - 2019

Accession No. (click for full details) County State Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
31234100063534 Trigg Kentucky 05 May 1992 Landon E. McKinney
4983
EKY
Carex nigromarginata
31234100063674 Polk Tennessee 18 Apr 1980 T. Filipczak
55
EKY
Carex nigromarginata
31234100072386 Rowan Kentucky 28 Apr 2000 Kim Feeman
919
EKY
Carex nigromarginata
31234100063575 Hardin Kentucky 03 May 1956 Mary Wharton
9793
EKY
Carex nigromarginata
ETSU001920 Johnson Tennessee 16 Apr 2015 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Carex nigromarginata
N/A Sullivan Tennessee 30 Mar 2017 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Carex nigromarginata
ETSU001935 Sullivan Tennessee
ETSU
Carex nigromarginata
ETSU001933 Unicoi Tennessee 08 May 2010 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Carex nigromarginata
ETSU006214 Greene Tennessee 11 Apr 2016 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Carex nigromarginata
31973000010557 Clinton Kentucky
KNK
Carex nigromarginata
31973000010543 Pulaski Kentucky
KNK
Carex nigromarginata
TENN-V-0049919 DeKalb Tennessee
TENN
Carex nigromarginata
TENN-V-0174654 Putnam Tennessee
TENN
Carex nigromarginata
APSC0036631 Marion Tennessee
APSC
Carex nigromarginata
31234100063583 Lee Kentucky 17 Apr 1996 Allison W. Cusick
32918
EKY
Carex nigromarginata
31234100063542 Clinton Kentucky 20 May 1999 Robert F. C. Naczi
8010
EKY
Carex nigromarginata
ETSU001918 Johnson Tennessee 16 Apr 2015 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Carex nigromarginata
N/A Unicoi Tennessee 08 Apr 2012 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Carex nigromarginata
N/A Carter Tennessee 30 Mar 2016 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Carex nigromarginata
ETSU001917 Johnson Tennessee 16 Apr 2015 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Carex nigromarginata
ETSU001923 Unicoi Tennessee 17 Apr 2015 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Carex nigromarginata
ETSU001929 Unicoi Tennessee 17 Mar 2011 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Carex nigromarginata
MDKY00003106 Rowan Kentucky
MDKY
Carex nigromarginata
MDKY00002948 Harlan Kentucky
MDKY
Carex nigromarginata
UCHT004069 Marion Tennessee 18 Mar 2011 E. Blyveis
743
UCHT
Carex nigromarginata
UCHT004063 Marion Tennessee 11 Apr 1998 John Beck
1492
UCHT
Carex nigromarginata
APSC0109444 Humphreys Tennessee
APSC
Carex nigromarginata
APSC0107725 Humphreys Tennessee
APSC
Carex nigromarginata
APSC0066325 Campbell Tennessee
APSC
Carex nigromarginata
31234100063666 Morgan Tennessee 13 Apr 1988 V. E. McNeilus
88-295
EKY
Carex nigromarginata
BEREA003694 Grayson Kentucky 27 Apr 1987 Landon E. McKinney
2473
BEREA
Carex nigromarginata
N/A Sullivan Tennessee 03 Apr 2017 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Carex nigromarginata
N/A Sullivan Tennessee 10 Apr 2017 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Carex nigromarginata
ETSU001932 Unicoi Tennessee 16 Jun 2011 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Carex nigromarginata
ETSU001926 Unicoi Tennessee 12 Apr 2015 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Carex nigromarginata
ETSU001931 Unicoi Tennessee 14 Apr 2011 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Carex nigromarginata
ETSU001921 Johnson Tennessee 16 Apr 2015 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Carex nigromarginata
31973000010545 Trigg Kentucky
KNK
Carex nigromarginata
31973000010544 Bell Kentucky
KNK
Carex nigromarginata
TENN-V-0210059 Davidson Tennessee A. Gattinger
TENN
Carex nigromarginata
UCHT004064 Hamilton Tennessee 15 Mar 2006 S. Huskins
24
UCHT
Carex nigromarginata
APSC0036632 Polk Tennessee
APSC
Carex nigromarginata
APSC0085431 Hardeman Tennessee
APSC
Carex nigromarginata
31234100071552 Larue Kentucky 17 Apr 1991 Landon E. McKinney
4594
EKY
Carex nigromarginata
BEREA003693 Calloway Kentucky 25 Apr 1999 Ralph L. Thompson
99-96
BEREA
Carex nigromarginata
MDKY00002947 Harlan Kentucky
MDKY
Carex nigromarginata
MDKY00002950 Rowan Kentucky
MDKY
Carex nigromarginata
TENN-V-0049917 Claiborne Tennessee
TENN
Carex nigromarginata
TENN-V-0240917 Putnam Tennessee
TENN
Carex nigromarginata
TENN-V-0049916 Washington Tennessee
TENN
Carex nigromarginata
TENN-V-0049915 Union Tennessee
TENN
Carex nigromarginata
UCHT004068 Marion Tennessee 03 Mar 2011 E. Blyveis
744
UCHT
Carex nigromarginata
UCHT004071 Marion Tennessee 27 Mar 2010 E. Blyveis
735
UCHT
Carex nigromarginata
APSC0066326 Grayson Kentucky
APSC
Carex nigromarginata
APSC0092412 McCreary Kentucky
APSC
Carex nigromarginata
APSC0066323 Muhlenberg Kentucky
APSC
Carex nigromarginata
APSC0036629 Cheatham Tennessee
APSC
Carex nigromarginata
N/A Trigg Kentucky 09 Apr 1988 Edward W. Chester
88-26
APSC
Carex nigromarginata
31234100063500 Calloway Kentucky 29 Mar 1990 Landon E. McKinney
4042
EKY
Carex nigromarginata
31234100063559 Clinton Kentucky 22 May 1998 Bruce A. Ford
9832
EKY
Carex nigromarginata
ETSU006347 Carter Tennessee 30 Mar 2016 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Carex nigromarginata
ETSU001916 Unicoi Tennessee
ETSU
Carex nigromarginata
ETSU001930 Unicoi Tennessee 17 Mar 2011 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Carex nigromarginata
ETSU001924 Unicoi Tennessee 17 Apr 2015 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Carex nigromarginata
31973000010561 Davidson Tennessee
KNK
Carex nigromarginata
31973000010562 Davidson Tennessee
KNK
Carex nigromarginata
TENN-V-0049918 Campbell Tennessee
TENN
Carex nigromarginata
APSC0073259 Pulaski Kentucky
APSC
Carex nigromarginata
APSC0056083 Marshall Kentucky 13 Apr 2013
APSC
Carex nigromarginata
APSC0066324 Logan Kentucky 05 Apr 1994 Landon McKinney
APSC
Carex nigromarginata
N/A Stewart Tennessee 24 Apr 1997 Edward W. Chester
13186
APSC
Carex nigromarginata
UCHT037236 Claiborne Tennessee
UCHT
Carex nigromarginata
31234100063567 Clinton Kentucky 22 May 1998 Robert F. C. Naczi
7158
EKY
Carex nigromarginata
31234100071560 Larue Kentucky 17 Apr 1991 Landon E. McKinney
4594
EKY
Carex nigromarginata
ETSU001925 Unicoi Tennessee 17 Apr 2015 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Carex nigromarginata
ETSU001927 Carter Tennessee 09 Apr 2015 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Carex nigromarginata
MDKY00002945 Harlan Kentucky
MDKY
Carex nigromarginata
MDKY00002949 Leslie Kentucky
MDKY
Carex nigromarginata
TENN-V-0049914 Hawkins Tennessee
TENN
Carex nigromarginata
TENN-V-0049920 Union Tennessee
TENN
Carex nigromarginata
APSC0066837 Cheatham Tennessee
APSC
Carex nigromarginata
APSC0036630 Polk Tennessee
APSC
Carex nigromarginata
N/A Stewart Tennessee 07 May 1987 Edward W. Chester
87-144
APSC
Carex nigromarginata
N/A Campbell Tennessee 11 Apr 2008 Aaron Floden & Heather Floden
356
APSC
Carex nigromarginata
APSC0037715 Marion Tennessee
APSC
Carex nigromarginata
UCHT037238 Putnam Tennessee
UCHT
Carex nigromarginata
UCHT035099 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Carex nigromarginata
31973000010563 White Tennessee
KNK
Carex nigromarginata
31973000010546 Franklin Tennessee
KNK
Carex nigromarginata
31973000010542 Rowan Kentucky
KNK
Carex nigromarginata
MDKY00003413 Rowan Kentucky
MDKY
Carex nigromarginata
MDKY00002946 Harlan Kentucky
MDKY
Carex nigromarginata
MDKY00002951 Rowan Kentucky
MDKY
Carex nigromarginata
TENN-V-0049921 Marion Tennessee
TENN
Carex nigromarginata
N/A Trigg Kentucky 25 Apr 1988 Chengxia You
APSC
Carex nigromarginata
APSC0058846 Clay Tennessee
APSC
Carex nigromarginata
HTTU007300 Overton Tennessee
HTTU
Carex nigromarginata
UCHT037241 Polk Tennessee
UCHT
Carex nigromarginata
UCHT037242 DeKalb Tennessee
UCHT
Carex nigromarginata
BRIT160606 Tennessee
VDB
Carex nigromarginata
BRIT160600 Tennessee
VDB
Carex nigromarginata
BRIT160614 Tennessee
VDB
Carex nigromarginata
31234100063526 Todd Kentucky 13 Apr 1976 Raymond Athey
3250
EKY
Carex nigromarginata
31234100063591 Marion Kentucky 03 Apr 1999 Ross C. Clark
24126
EKY
Carex nigromarginata
31234100063518 Cumberland Kentucky 24 May 1999 Ross C. Clark
24491
EKY
Carex nigromarginata
ETSU001922 Johnson Tennessee 16 Apr 2015 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Carex nigromarginata
ETSU001919 Johnson Tennessee 16 Apr 2015 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Carex nigromarginata
ETSU001934 Sullivan Tennessee
ETSU
Carex nigromarginata
N/A Sullivan Tennessee 11 Apr 2017 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Carex nigromarginata
ETSU001928 Unicoi Tennessee 08 Apr 2015 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Carex nigromarginata
UCHT004072 Marion Tennessee 27 Mar 2010 E. Blyveis
283
UCHT
Carex nigromarginata
UCHT004070 Marion Tennessee 17 Apr 2010 E. Blyveis
742
UCHT
Carex nigromarginata
HTTU007301 Overton Tennessee
HTTU
Carex nigromarginata
UOS06815 Tennessee 30 Mar 2009 Mary P Priestley
UOS
Carex nigromarginata
BRIT160603 Tennessee
VDB
Carex nigromarginata
BRIT160594 Tennessee
VDB
Carex nigromarginata
BEREA025448 Rockcastle Kentucky
BEREA
Carex nigromarginata
APSC0109445 Decatur Tennessee
APSC
Carex nigromarginata
BRIT160609 Tennessee
VDB
Carex nigromarginata
BRIT160592 Tennessee
VDB
Carex nigromarginata
BRIT160602 Tennessee
VDB
Carex nigromarginata
BRIT160610 Tennessee
VDB
Carex nigromarginata
N/A Washington Tennessee 26 Mar 2016 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Carex nigromarginata
ETSU006300 Washington Tennessee 26 Mar 2016 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Carex nigromarginata
MEM017650 Hickman Kentucky 19 Apr 1980 Raymond Athey
4529
MEM
Carex nigromarginata
N/A Trigg Kentucky 10 Apr 1985 Edward W. Chester
85-88
APSC
Carex nigromarginata
UOS06819 Coffee Tennessee 19 Apr 2003 Douglas E. Kennemore, Jr.
UOS
Carex nigromarginata
BRIT160608 Tennessee
VDB
Carex nigromarginata
BRIT160595 Tennessee
VDB
Carex nigromarginata
BRIT160607 Tennessee
VDB
Carex nigromarginata
BRIT160598 Tennessee
VDB
Carex nigromarginata
BRIT160601 Tennessee
VDB
Carex nigromarginata
BRIT160596 Tennessee
VDB
Carex nigromarginata
MEM007115 McCracken Kentucky 25 Apr 1972 Raymond Athey
1618
MEM
Carex nigromarginata
MEM013439 Crittenden Kentucky 29 Apr 1976 Raymond Athey
3304
MEM
Carex nigromarginata
BRIT160611 Tennessee
VDB
Carex nigromarginata
BRIT160604 Tennessee
VDB
Carex nigromarginata
N/A Hawkins Tennessee 17 Apr 2019 Frosty Levy, Elaine Walker
ETSU
Carex nigromarginata
ETSU025886 Hawkins Tennessee 24 Mar 2019 Frosty Levy, Marty Silver
19049
ETSU
Carex nigromarginata
ETSU025926 Hawkins Tennessee 17 Apr 2019 Frosty Levy, Elaine Walker
19089
ETSU
Carex nigromarginata
UCHT037239 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Carex nigromarginata
BRIT160599 Tennessee
VDB
Carex nigromarginata
BRIT160593 Tennessee
VDB
Carex nigromarginata
BRIT160597 Tennessee
VDB
Carex nigromarginata
BRIT160616 Tennessee
VDB
Carex nigromarginata
ETSU009033 Washington Tennessee 26 Apr 2017 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Carex nigromarginata
BEREA025533 Rockcastle Kentucky
BEREA
Carex nigromarginata
N/A Hawkins Tennessee 24 Mar 2019 Frosty Levy, Marty Silver
ETSU
Carex nigromarginata
ETSU006299 Washington Tennessee 26 Mar 2016 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Carex nigromarginata
BEREA025449 Rockcastle Kentucky
BEREA
Carex nigromarginata
ETSU025424 Johnson Tennessee 14 Apr 2013 Adam McCullough
DOEM 0049
ETSU
Carex nigromarginata
ETSU009034 Sullivan Tennessee 26 Apr 2017 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Carex nigromarginata
BEREA025532 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Carex nigromarginata
UCHT037240 Polk Tennessee
UCHT
Carex nigromarginata
UCHT035098 Lyon Kentucky
UCHT
Carex nigromarginata
UOS06833 Franklin Tennessee 17 Apr 2007 Yolande M. Gottfried
UOS
Carex nigromarginata
BRIT160605 Tennessee
VDB
Carex nigromarginata
MEM003606 Henry Kentucky 13 Apr 1963 Raymond Athey
878
MEM
Carex nigromarginata
APSC0109446 Decatur Tennessee
APSC
Carex nigromarginata
UOS06818 Franklin Tennessee 14 May 1996 Landon E. McKinney
UOS
Carex nigromarginata
BRIT160613 Tennessee
VDB
Carex nigromarginata
BRIT160591 Tennessee
VDB
Carex nigromarginata
BRIT160612 Tennessee
VDB
Carex nigromarginata
BRIT160590 Tennessee
VDB
Carex nigromarginata
BRIT160615 Tennessee
VDB
Carex nigromarginata
MEM007114 Calloway Kentucky 02 May 1972 Raymond Athey
1630
MEM
Carex nigromarginata
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