Wetland and Aquatic Plants
of
Oklahoma
Interactive Keys: Emergent
Grasslike
Sedges (Cyperaceae)
1. Carics sedges (Carex spp.)
a. rounded seeds
b. three-angled seeds
Seeds
(achenes, which are found within the
sac-like fruits [perigynia]) round and lense shaped (lenticular). Two stigmas can be seen extending from the
perigynium or remnants may be attached to the achene.
Ravenfoot
sedge (Carex
crus-corvi Shuttlw. ex Kunze)
Native perennial
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NWI status:
OBL
Cypressknee
sedge (Carex
decomposita
Muhl.)
Native perennial.
NWI status:
OBL
Hammock
sedge (Carex
fissa
Mackenzie)
Native perennial.
NWI status:
FACW+
Fescue
sedge (Carex
festucacea Schkuhr ex
Willd.)
Native perennial.
NWI status:
FACW
Tussock
sedge (Carex
stricta Lam.)
Native perennial
NWI status:
OBL
Squarrose
sedge (Carex
squarrosa L.)
Native perennial.
Seeds (achenes, which are
found within the sac-like fruits [perigynia]) three-angled. Three stigmas can be seen extending from the
perigynium or remnants may be attached to the achene.
Eastern
narrowleaf sedge (Carex amphibola
Steud.)
Native perennial.
NWI status:
FACW
Bush's
sedge (Carex
bushii Mackenzie)
Native perennial.
NWI status:
FACW
Carolina
sedge (Carex
caroliniana
Schwein.)
Native perennial.
NWI status:
FACW
Crawe's
sedge (Carex
crawei Dewey)
Native
perennial.
NWI status:
OBL
Fringed
sedge (Carex
crinita Lam.)
Native perennial.
NWI status:
FACW+
White
edge sedge (Carex
debilis
Michx.)
Native perennial.
NWI status:
FACW
Frank's
sedge (Carex
frankii Kunth)
Native perennial.
NWI status:
OBL
Giant
sedge (Carex
gigantea Rudge)
Native perennial.
NWI status:
OBL
Limestone
meadow sedge (Carex granularis
Muhl. ex Willd.)
Native perennial.
NWI status:
FACW
Gray's
sedge (Carex
grayi Carey)
Native perennial.
NWI status:
FACW
Tissue
sedge (Carex
hyalina Boott)
Native perennial.
NWI status:
FACW
Shoreline
sedge (Carex
hyalinolepis
Steud.)
Native perennial.
NWI status:
OBL
Bottlebrush
sedge (Carex hystericina
Muhl. ex Willd.)
Native perennial.
NWI status:
OBL
Greater
bladder sedge (Carex intumescens
Rudge)
Native perennial.
NWI status:
FACW
Cypress
swamp sedge (Carex
joorii Bailey)
Native perennial.
NWI status:
OBL
Smoothsheath
sedge (Carex
laevivaginata
(Knkenth.) Mackenzie)
Native perennial.
NWI status:
OBL
Bristlystalked
sedge (Carex
leptalea
Wahlenb.)
Native perennial.
NWI status:
OBL
Long's
sedge (Carex
longii Mackenzie)
Native perennial.
NWI status:
OBL
Hop sedge
(Carex
lupulina
Muhl. ex Willd.)
Native Perennial.
NWI status: OBL
Shallow
sedge (Carex
lurida Wahlenb.)
Native perennial.
NWI status:
OBL
Littletooth
sedge (Carex
microdonta Torr.
& Hook.)
Native perennial.
NWI status:
FACW
Sharpscale
sedge (Carex
oxylepis Torr.
& Hook.)
Native perennial.
NWI
status: FACW-
Woolly
sedge (Carex
pellita Muhl ex
Willd.)
Native perennial.
NWI status:
OBL
Kidneyshape
sedge (Carex
reniformis (Bailey) Small)
Native
perennial.
NWI status:
FACW
Short's
sedge (Carex
shortiana
Dewey)
Native perennial.
NWI status:
FACW
Owlfruit
sedge (Carex
stipata Muhl. ex
Willd.)
Native perennial.
NWI
status: OBL
Britton's
sedge (Carex
tetrastachya
Scheele)
Native perennial.
NWI status:
OBL
Fox sedge
(Carex
vulpinoidea Michx.)
Native perennial.
NWI status:
OBL
Last update: 2/21/04
Comments to : Bruce Hoagland
bhoagland@ou.edu
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