North Carolina Botanical Garden

Plant Index

Scientific Name:
Common Name:
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Family:

Carex lurida

Carex lurida Wahlenb.

sallow sedge, shallow sedge

Image ID: 13378
Image by: Sorrie, Bruce A.
Image Collection: NCBG Digital Library

PLANT INDEX

ID_PLANT: CALU5
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Carex lurida
Include in WOTAS: 0
Publish to Web: 1
Last Modified: 2020-01-01

GENUS INDEX

GENUS CODE: CAREX
GENUS SCIENTIFIC: Carex
GENUS AUTHORITY: L.
GENUS COMMON: Sedge
GENUS SUMMARY: (by Alan S. Weakley and Bruce A. Sorrie)
GENUS IDENTIFICATION: Identification notes: All species of this section in our area form large clonal colonies by rhizomes.
GENUS REFERENCES: Mackenzie (1931-1935)=M; Ball & Reznicek in FNA (2002b); Goetghebeur in Kubitzki (1998b); Frye & Lea (2001). Key to sections adapted closely from FNA.

FAMILY INDEX

FAMILY CODE: CYPERA
FAMILY SCIENTIFIC: Cyperaceae
FAMILY AUTHORITY: A.L. de Jussieu 1789
FAMILY COMMON: Sedge Family
FAMILY SUMMARY: A family of about 100 genera and 5000 species, mostly herbs, cosmopolitan.
FAMILY REFERENCE: Ball, Reznicek, & Murray in FNA (2002b); Muasya et al. (2009); Tucker (1987); Goetghebeur in Kubitzki (1998b).

NCBG DESCRIPTIVES

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DURATION: Perennial
HABIT: Grass/Grasslike

LEAF ARRANGEMENT: Alternate, Basal
LEAF COMPLEXITY: Simple
LEAF RETENTION:

FLORAL CHARACTERISTICS
SYMMETRY:
BLOOM TIME: Jun-Sep

Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
		x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x

BLOOM COLOR:

White	Red	Pink	Orange	Yellow	Green	Blue	Lavender	Purple	Violet	Brown	Not Applicable
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FRUITING PERIOD:

DISTRIBUTION
HABITAT TYPE:
NATIVE RANGE: e. North America to eastern Mexico

HORTICULTURAL
Plant Sale Text:

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Cultural Notes:

SOIL MOISTURE: Average, Moist/Wet
LIGHT EXPOSURE: Sun, Part Shade, Shade
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GRIM COLLECTIONS

Coll_id	Project	Collection date	Collector	Action
405	SOS	2015-06-25	Driskill	View
416	SOS	2015-07-13	Dakar	View
440	SOS	2015-08-17	Heraty	View
658	SOS	2016-07-13	Flood	View
665	SOS	2016-07-25	Dakar	View
2670	NPMD	2022-08-24	Searles	View
2685	NPMD	2022-08-24	Searles	View

GRIM ACCESSIONS

acc_id	acc_num	acc_dt	coll_id	Action
3568	1991-0224			View
4078	1992-0234			View
5580	1995-0704			View
5993	1995-1124			View
6606	1996-0241			View
8144	2004-0154	2006-05-19		View

GRIM PLANTINGS

plt_num	acc_id	loc_num	pers_num	inst_dt	Action
5831	3568	64	NCBG staff	1991-07-08	View
6406	4078	200	NCBG staff	1993-03-01	View
8094	5580	204	NCBG staff	1993-01-01	View
8590	5993	2	NCBG staff	1992-01-01	View
9330	6606	123	NCBG staff	1996-03-28	View
9331	6606	27	NCBG staff	1996-08-22	View
11398	8144	200	NCBG staff	2003-02-14	View

USDA PLANTS DATABASE

USDA Symbol: CALU5
USDA Common Name: Shallow Sedge
Native Status: L48 (N), CAN (N)
Distribution: USA (AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, VA, VT, WI, WV), CAN (LB, NB, NF, NS, ON, PE, QC)
Duration: Perennial
Growth Habit: Graminoid

NATIONAL WETLAND INDICATOR STATUS

Region:	AGCP	AK	AW	CB	EMP	GP	HI	MW	NCNE	WMVE
Status:	OBL				OBL	OBL		OBL	OBL

This information is derived from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 2016 National Wetland Plant List, Version 3.3 (Lichvar, R.W., D.L. Banks, W.N. Kirchner, and N.C. Melvin. 2016. The National Wetland Plant List: 2016 wetland ratings. Phytoneuron 2016-30: 1-17. Published 28 April 2016. ISSN 2153 733X). Regions: AGCP-Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain, AK-Alaska, AW-Arid West, CB-Caribbean, EMP-Eastern Mountains and Piedmont, GP-Great Plains, HI-Hawaii, MW-Midwest, NCNE-Northcentral and Northeast, WMCV-Western Mountains, Valleys & Coast

WEAKLEY FLORA

SCIENTIFIC NAME: Carex lurida
COMMON NAME: Sallow Sedge
SYNONYMY: [= C, F, FNA, G, GW, K, M, Pa, RAB, S, Tn, Va, WH3]
PHENOLOGY: Jun-Sep.
HABITAT: Bogs, fens, swamps, marshes, ditches, and other wetlands.
COMMENTS: NS west to MN, south to c. peninsular FL, Panhandle FL, and Mexico.
RANGE MAP:

Key to Map Symbols

ABOUT FAMILY (Weakley Flora)
Cyperaceae A.L. de Jussieu 1789 (Sedge Family)
SUMMARY: A family of about 100 genera and 5000 species, mostly herbs, cosmopolitan.
REFERENCE: Ball, Reznicek, & Murray in FNA (2002b); Muasya et al. (2009); Tucker (1987); Goetghebeur in Kubitzki (1998b).

ABOUT GENUS (Weakley Flora)
Carex L. (Sedge)
SUMMARY: (by Alan S. Weakley and Bruce A. Sorrie)
REFERENCE: Mackenzie (1931-1935)=M; Ball & Reznicek in FNA (2002b); Goetghebeur in Kubitzki (1998b); Frye & Lea (2001). Key to sections adapted closely from FNA.

HERBARIUM RESOURCES

SERNEC: Find Carex lurida in Southeast Regional Network of Experts and Collections (if available)
UNC SERNEC: Find Carex lurida in University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Herbarium - Southeast Regional Network of Experts and Collections (if available)

WEB RESOURCES

USDA: Find Carex lurida in USDA Plants
NPIN: Find Carex lurida in NPIN Database
FNA: Find Carex lurida in the Flora of North America (if available)
Google: Search Google for Carex lurida

IMAGE USE RECORDS

ID IMAGE: 13378 - Primary Image FloraQuest Plant Detail Page (Landscape Preferred)
ID IMAGE1: 13378 - Primary Image WOTAS
ID IMAGE2: 0 - Secondary Image WOTAS
ID IMAGE3: 26916 - Primary Image Plant Sale Sign (Landscape Only)
ID IMAGE4: 0 - Primary Image New Plant Sale Label (Portrait Only)