Carex glaucodea

ClassificationMonocots
FamilyCyperaceae
Family (Traditional)Cyperaceae
GenusCarex
Species:Carex glaucodea Tuck. ex Olney
Common NameBlue Sedge
Growth Habitgraminoid
Plant Notes**
CharacteristicsArmaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: No; Woody Herbaceous: Herbaceous; Duration: Perennial; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: graminoid; Moisture Requirements: Sub-xeric; Moisture Requirements: Dry-mesic; Moisture Requirements: Mesic; Moisture Requirements: Mesic-Hydric; Moisture Requirements: Hydric; Moisture Requirements: Wetland; Region of Origin: North America; 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 4
StatusNative; AGCP (FACW), EMP (FAC) (NWPL)
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: Adair (KY), Bath (KY), Breckinridge (KY), Bullitt (KY), Calloway (KY), Campbell (KY), Casey (KY), Christian (KY), Estill (KY), Fleming (KY), Garrard (KY), Hardin (KY), Hickman (KY), Jefferson (KY), Laurel (KY), Leslie (KY), Lewis (KY), Livingston (KY), Logan (KY), Lyon (KY), McCracken (KY), McCreary (KY), Madison (KY), Marshall (KY), Menifee (KY), Monroe (KY), Montgomery (KY), Muhlenberg (KY), Nelson (KY), Oldham (KY), Pulaski (KY), Rockcastle (KY), Rowan (KY), Todd (KY), Trigg (KY), Wolfe (KY), Benton (TN), Carter (TN), Coffee (TN), Cumberland (TN), DeKalb (TN), Dickson (TN), Fentress (TN), Franklin (TN), Grundy (TN), Haywood (TN), Henry (TN), Humphreys (TN), Johnson (TN), Marion (TN), Montgomery (TN), Morgan (TN), Overton (TN), Robertson (TN), Stewart (TN), Sumner (TN), White (TN), Wilson (TN)

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

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1941 - 2017

Accession No. (click for full details) County State Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
31234100054616 Bath Kentucky 17 May 1985 Julian Campbell
EKY
Carex glaucodea
N/A Hickman Kentucky 07 May 1990 Landon E. McKinney
4182
EKY
Carex glaucodea
31234100778693 Wolfe Kentucky 09 May 2017 Thomas McFadden
465
EKY
Carex glaucodea
31234100054665 Madison Kentucky 26 Jun 1993 Gary W. Libby
OB-449
EKY
Carex glaucodea
BEREA003483 Monroe Kentucky
BEREA
Carex glaucodea
BEREA003487 Trigg Kentucky
BEREA
Carex glaucodea
BEREA003472 Calloway Kentucky
BEREA
Carex glaucodea
BEREA003478 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Carex glaucodea
BEREA003477 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Carex glaucodea
MDKY00002660 Fleming Kentucky
MDKY
Carex glaucodea
MDKY00002657 Fleming Kentucky
MDKY
Carex glaucodea
MDKY00002653 Adair Kentucky
MDKY
Carex glaucodea
TENN-V-0048195 Haywood Tennessee
TENN
Carex glaucodea
TENN-V-0048191 Fentress Tennessee
TENN
Carex glaucodea
TENN-V-0048192 Fentress Tennessee
TENN
Carex glaucodea
31234100054707 Rockcastle Kentucky 12 May 1990 Neal Denton
1081
EKY
Carex glaucodea
31234100054608 Bath Kentucky 30 May 1985 Julian Campbell
EKY
Carex glaucodea
31234100054624 Hickman Kentucky 07 May 1990 Landon E. McKinney
4182
EKY
Carex glaucodea
31234100054657 Leslie Kentucky 14 May 1968 Lynn Garrison
EKY
Carex glaucodea
BEREA003476 Laurel Kentucky
BEREA
Carex glaucodea
MDKY00002658 Fleming Kentucky
MDKY
Carex glaucodea
MDKY00002661 Lewis Kentucky
MDKY
Carex glaucodea
MDKY00002659 Fleming Kentucky
MDKY
Carex glaucodea
TENN-V-0048196 Henry Tennessee
TENN
Carex glaucodea
TENN-V-0048180 Benton Tennessee
TENN
Carex glaucodea
TENN-V-0048199 Montgomery Tennessee
TENN
Carex glaucodea
TENN-V-0048202 Overton Tennessee
TENN
Carex glaucodea
TENN-V-0054230 Rockcastle Kentucky
TENN
Carex glaucodea
TENN-V-0048203 Robertson Tennessee
TENN
Carex glaucodea
APSC0037187 Stewart Tennessee 24 Jun 1987 Edward Chester
APSC
Carex glaucodea
31234100054764 Dickson Tennessee 10 Jun 1988 V. E. McNeilus
88-512
EKY
Carex glaucodea
BEREA003479 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Carex glaucodea
BEREA003485 Pulaski Kentucky
BEREA
Carex glaucodea
BEREA003474 Laurel Kentucky
BEREA
Carex glaucodea
BEREA003484 Monroe Kentucky
BEREA
Carex glaucodea
BEREA003481 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Carex glaucodea
BEREA003475 Laurel Kentucky
BEREA
Carex glaucodea
BEREA003473 Casey Kentucky
BEREA
Carex glaucodea
MDKY00002655 Campbell Kentucky
MDKY
Carex glaucodea
MDKY00002656 Casey Kentucky
MDKY
Carex glaucodea
TENN-V-0054218 Marshall Kentucky
TENN
Carex glaucodea
TENN-V-0048185 Cumberland Tennessee
TENN
Carex glaucodea
TENN-V-0048189 Dickson Tennessee
TENN
Carex glaucodea
TENN-V-0048187 Cumberland Tennessee
TENN
Carex glaucodea
APSC0054714 Marshall Kentucky
APSC
Carex glaucodea
31234100054681 Montgomery Kentucky 28 May 1985 Julian Campbell
EKY
Carex glaucodea
31234100054673 Madison Kentucky 07 Jul 1992 Timothy J. Weckman
16
EKY
Carex glaucodea
BEREA003470 Adair Kentucky
BEREA
Carex glaucodea
MDKY00002654 Bullitt Kentucky
MDKY
Carex glaucodea
MDKY00002662 McCreary Kentucky
MDKY
Carex glaucodea
MDKY00002663 Rowan Kentucky
MDKY
Carex glaucodea
TENN-V-0048183 Cumberland Tennessee
TENN
Carex glaucodea
TENN-V-0054217 Hardin Kentucky
TENN
Carex glaucodea
TENN-V-0048182 Carter Tennessee
TENN
Carex glaucodea
APSC0104269 Christian Kentucky 18 May 1972 Harry Woodward
APSC
Carex glaucodea
APSC0059874 Bullitt Kentucky
APSC
Carex glaucodea
APSC0059873 Hardin Kentucky
APSC
Carex glaucodea
APSC0037190 Trigg Kentucky
APSC
Carex glaucodea
UCHT038656 Johnson Tennessee
UCHT
Carex glaucodea
BEREA025864 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Carex glaucodea
N/A Garrard Kentucky 26 May 1983 Donna A. Godbey
135
EKY
Carex glaucodea
31234100054699 Nelson Kentucky 13 May 1941 Mary E. Wharton
6011
EKY
Carex glaucodea
TENN-V-0048186 Cumberland Tennessee
TENN
Carex glaucodea
TENN-V-0048193 Grundy Tennessee
TENN
Carex glaucodea
APSC0037188 Lyon Kentucky
APSC
Carex glaucodea
APSC0037181 Montgomery Tennessee 24 Jun 1950 Alfred Clebsch
APSC
Carex glaucodea
APSC0037577 Lyon Kentucky
APSC
Carex glaucodea
APSC0070323 Hardin Kentucky
APSC
Carex glaucodea
APSC0054881 McCracken Kentucky
APSC
Carex glaucodea
APSC0036799 Henry Tennessee
APSC
Carex glaucodea
BEREA025480 Garrard Kentucky
BEREA
Carex glaucodea
BEREA025508 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Carex glaucodea
BEREA025425 Garrard Kentucky
BEREA
Carex glaucodea
BEREA025424 Rockcastle Kentucky
BEREA
Carex glaucodea
BEREA025426 Garrard Kentucky
BEREA
Carex glaucodea
BEREA003480 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Carex glaucodea
BEREA003482 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Carex glaucodea
TENN-V-0054219 Muhlenberg Kentucky
TENN
Carex glaucodea
TENN-V-0054229 Bullitt Kentucky
TENN
Carex glaucodea
TENN-V-0048204 Sumner Tennessee
TENN
Carex glaucodea
APSC0037185 Todd Kentucky 27 May 1950 Alfred Clebsch
APSC
Carex glaucodea
APSC0037180 Christian Kentucky 27 Jun 1993 Sallie Noel
APSC
Carex glaucodea
APSC0059805 Marshall Kentucky
APSC
Carex glaucodea
UCHT038657 DeKalb Tennessee
UCHT
Carex glaucodea
APSC0076987 Pulaski Kentucky
APSC
Carex glaucodea
APSC0059806 Todd Kentucky 27 May 1976 Raymond Athey
APSC
Carex glaucodea
APSC0105250 Estill Kentucky
APSC
Carex glaucodea
APSC0037177 Montgomery Tennessee 18 Jun 1949
APSC
Carex glaucodea
TENN-V-0054231 Todd Kentucky
TENN
Carex glaucodea
TENN-V-0048197 Henry Tennessee
TENN
Carex glaucodea
TENN-V-0048190 Dickson Tennessee
TENN
Carex glaucodea
TENN-V-0048194 Haywood Tennessee
TENN
Carex glaucodea
UCHT004185 Wilson Tennessee 19 Apr 1992 R. Kral
80167
UCHT
Carex glaucodea
APSC0064797 Todd Kentucky 01 May 2009 Dwayne Estes
APSC
Carex glaucodea
31234100184959 Menifee Kentucky 15 Jul 1989 Ross C. Clark
22255
EKY
Carex glaucodea
BEREA003471 Calloway Kentucky
BEREA
Carex glaucodea
BEREA003486 Rockcastle Kentucky
BEREA
Carex glaucodea
TENN-V-0048181 Benton Tennessee
TENN
Carex glaucodea
TENN-V-0048184 Cumberland Tennessee
TENN
Carex glaucodea
TENN-V-0048198 Montgomery Tennessee
TENN
Carex glaucodea
APSC0037182 Montgomery Tennessee 27 May 1994 Edward Chester
APSC
Carex glaucodea
APSC0059877 Oldham Kentucky
APSC
Carex glaucodea
APSC0066692 Logan Kentucky 10 May 1987 Max Medley
APSC
Carex glaucodea
APSC0058798 Humphreys Tennessee
APSC
Carex glaucodea
APSC0072458 White Tennessee
APSC
Carex glaucodea
APSC0059878 Hardin Kentucky
APSC
Carex glaucodea
UOS06751 Franklin Tennessee 25 Apr 2013 D. Estes
UOS
Carex glaucodea
ETSU033316 Carter Tennessee
ETSU
Carex glaucodea
APSC0066691 McCreary Kentucky
APSC
Carex glaucodea
APSC0085485 Montgomery Tennessee 30 Apr 2017 Mason Brock
APSC
Carex glaucodea
APSC0069833 Jefferson Kentucky 12 May 1986 Max Medley
APSC
Carex glaucodea
APSC0105249 Breckinridge Kentucky
APSC
Carex glaucodea
APSC0037179 Robertson Tennessee
APSC
Carex glaucodea
APSC0037184 Henry Tennessee
APSC
Carex glaucodea
APSC0037189 Trigg Kentucky
APSC
Carex glaucodea
MEM005563 Livingston Kentucky 17 May 1970 Raymond Athey
905
MEM
Carex glaucodea
TENN-V-0048201 Morgan Tennessee
TENN
Carex glaucodea
TENN-V-0048188 DeKalb Tennessee
TENN
Carex glaucodea
TENN-V-0048200 Montgomery Tennessee
TENN
Carex glaucodea
APSC0065238 Coffee Tennessee
APSC
Carex glaucodea
APSC0078478 Jefferson Kentucky
APSC
Carex glaucodea
APSC0104262 Hardin Kentucky
APSC
Carex glaucodea
APSC0111060 Marion Tennessee
APSC
Carex glaucodea
APSC0056117 McCracken Kentucky
APSC
Carex glaucodea
MEM018033 Hardin Kentucky 30 May 1978 R. Cranfill
799
MEM
Carex glaucodea
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