Biology:Carex biltmoreana

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Short description: Species of grass-like plant

Carex biltmoreana
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Carex
Species:
C. biltmoreana
Binomial name
Carex biltmoreana
Mack.

Carex biltmoreana, known as Biltmore sedge, is a species of sedge that was first described by Kenneth Mackenzie in 1910.[1][2][3] It is endemic to the southeastern United States, where it occurs in southwestern North Carolina, northwestern South Carolina, and northeastern Georgia.[1] Biltmore sedge grows on rock outcrops, often on granite, and in adjacent woodlands.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Weakley, Alan S. (2018), Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States, working draft of 20 August 2018, University of North Carolina Herbarium, North Carolina Botanical Garden, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 
  2. "Carex biltmoreana". The Plant List. 2010. http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-224961. Retrieved 6 December 2014. 
  3. Gaddy, L. L. 1983. Notes on the Biltmore sedge, Carex biltmoreana Mackenzie (Cyperaceae). Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 110: 530–532.

Wikidata ☰ Q2938335 entry