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1 An Introduction to Sedges Part 2 of 2 David J. Rosen
2 The Umbrella-grass Sedge Group Diagnostic characteristics Leaf blades or sheaths usually pubescent Scales spiral, usually pubescent Flowers perfect Perianth differentiated into two series, 3 outer bristles and 3 inner paddle-like segments Achene with stipitate base and peg-like apex Tubercle absent
3 Fuirena Umbrella-grasses Commemorating Georg Fuiren, Danish Botanist, spp. in SE United States F. breviseta (Cov.) Cov. F. longa Chapm. F. pumila (Torr.) Spreng. F. scirpoidea Michx. F. squarrosa Michx. Habitat heliophytes of wetland habitats, including bogs, marshes, interdunal swales, ditches, margins of ponds, and wet depressions in savannas
4 Fuirena breviseta (Cov.) Cov.
5 The Fringe-sedge Group Diagnostic characteristics Leaves basal Inflorescences terminal Scales spiral Flowers perfect Perianth absent Style-base distinct Tubercle present (Bulbostylis) or absent (Fimbristylis) 3 genera Abildgaardia Fimbristylis Bulbostylis
6 Fimbristylis Fringe-sedges From Latin fimbria, fringed, and stylus, style Diagnostic characteristics Tubercle absent Fringed style with base clearly distinct from summit of achene Branched, umbellate inflorescence of several to many spikelets Some widely distributed weeds introduced from Old World via rice agriculture F. annua (All.) R. & S. F. dichotoma (L.) Vahl F. miliacea (L.) Vahl F. tomentosa Vahl Species of conservation concern F. perpusilla Harper F. brevivaginata Kral
7 Introduced with rice agriculture Fimbristylis miliacea (L.) Vahl Widely distributed in tropical & warm temperate regions of E & W Hemispheres Common weed of rice Probably indigenous to Asian rice belt Numerous small seed (10,13,20) C.T. Bryson C.T. Bryson R. Carter
8 Fimbristylis autumnalis (L.) R. & S.
9 Bulbostylis (10,20) From Latin bulbus, bulbous, and stylus, style, referring to the enlarged bulbous style bases of many species Diagnostic characteristics Swollen style base forming distinct tubercle on summit of achene Habitat Seasonally moist to xeric sands Bulbostylis barbata (Rottb.) C. B. Clarke Diminutive annual Reddish-brown inflorescences Open, disturbed sandy loam Conspicuous en masse in the coastal plain during late summer and autumn Widespread in E and W Hemispheres Bulbostylis warei (Torrey) C. B. Clarke Cespitose perennial Hemispherical, head-like clusters of spikelets Distinctive inflorescence bracts with beautifully fringed basal sheaths Endemic to Atlantic and Gulf coastal plains of SE United States Inhabits open sands in longleaf pine-scrub oak communities
10 Bulbostylis barbata (Rottb.) Clarke
11 The Flat-sedge Group Diagnostic characteristics Leaves basal Leafy bracts subtending inflorescence Inflorescence terminal, umbellate with pedunculate rays or capitate cluster of sessile spikes Scales distichous Flowers perfect Perianth absent Style base indistinct Tubercle absent Largest, most taxonomically complex group
12 Cyperus Flat-sedges or Umbrella Sedges From Greek cyperus, edge, referring to the sharp-edged leaves or perhaps the threeedged stems Diagnostic characteristics Floral scales distichous (2-ranked) Usually 2+ flowers or fruits per spikelet Perianth absent Large complex genus spp.
13 Cyperus Classification of subgenera Basis of classification Leaf anatomy and photosynthetic pathway Number of carpels & style branches Achene shape Achene orientation Mode of spikelet disarticulation & unit of dispersal Subgenera Stigmas 3, achenes trigonous Anosporum (Nees) Clarke [=Pycnostachys Clarke] Cyperus L. Diclidium (Schrad. Ex Nees) Clarke [=Torulinium (Desv. ex Ham.) Kük.] Stigmas 2, achenes biconvex Pycreus (Beauv.) Gray Juncellus (Griseb.) Clarke
14 C 3 & C 4 photosynthesis C 4 photosynthesis, kranz anatomy Many agricultural weeds Lower CO 2 compensation point Increased water use efficiency Plants more competitive at higher ambient temperatures during drought C 3 photosynthesis, non-kranz anatomy Fewer weeds Plants generally adapted to hydric or mesic environments May be competitive in other ways in hydric or mesic environmentals (12)
15 C 3 & C 4 photosynthesis among weedy sedge genera Carex, 83 Eleocharis, 52 Fimbristylis, 46 Scleria, 24 Cyperus, 148 Photosynthetic pathway C 3 C 3 [C 4 ] C 4 C 4 [C 3 ] (12,18,26,27) Schoenoplectus, 20 Rhynchospora, 19 Kyllinga, 13 Bulbostylis, 9 Scirpus, 8 Fuirena, 8 Bolboschoenus, 5 Lipocarpha, 4 Cladium, 2 Isolepis, 1 Abildgaardia, 1 Courtoisina, 1 Lepidosperma, 1 Oxycaryum, 1 Scirpodendron, 1 Mapania, 1 Lepironia, 1
16 Achene shape correlated with style branch number Trigonous: Cyperus, Anosporum, Diclidium C. croceus Lenticular (biconvex): Kyllinga, Pycreus, Juncellus C. sanguinolentus
17 Achene orientation lenticular achenes only Angle adjacent to rachilla: Pycreus C. flavescens Face adjacent to rachilla: Juncellus C. laevigatus
18 Dispersal of individual achenes Floral scales and achenes separate sequentially from base to apex of spikelet rachilla. Cyperus haspan L.
19 Dispersal of entire spikelet Cyperus echinatus (L.) Wood
20 --Spikelet breaking transversely into 1-2 fruited segments --Water dispersal by corky rachilla Cyperus odoratus L.
21 Cyperus cuspidatus Kunth
22 Cyperus echinatus (L.) Wood
23 Cyperus retrorsus Chapm.
24 Cyperus nashii Britt. ex Small
25 Epizoic dispersal of spikelet with pungent terminal scale Cyperus plukenetii Fern.
26 Subgenus Diclidium Cyperus odoratus L.
27 Subgenus Anosporum Cyperus difformis L. Copious production of small achenes,, short generation time (13)
28 Subgenus Pycreus Cyperus sanguinolentus Vahl Introduced from Asia rice weed Currently, expanding its range in SEUS Habitat disturbed sites, e.g., roadside ditches, margins of ponds Annual, small achenes Dispersed by highway maintenance equipment
29 Subgenus Juncellus Cyperus alopecuroides Rottb. recently naturalized in Florida Native paleotropics Naturalized West Indies & Florida, USA Perennial Numerous, small achenes Invasive tendencies, forming floating mats in reclamation wetlands Potential threat to natural wetlands & limesink ponds in Florida
30 Kyllinga Green Sedges Name commemorating Peter Kylling, 17th century Danish botanist Diagnostic characteristics Terminal, capitate inflorescence 2-scaled, 1-fruited spikelets Lenticular achenes Kyllinga closely related to and probably derived from Cyperus, and sometimes treated within Cyperus as a subgenus or section Five species in SE United States K. brevifolia Rottb. In US before 1821 K. gracillima Miq. K. odorata Vahl In US before 1836 K. pumila Michx. In US before 1803, native? K. squamulata Thonn. ex Vahl
31 Dispersal of entire spikelet Kyllinga odorata Vahl 1 mm
32 Kyllinga odorata Vahl
33 Kyllinga squamulata Thonn. ex Vahl
34 The Three-Way Sedge Group Diagnostic characteristics Stem terete Leaves cauline Upper leaves with well-developed lanceolate blades, conspicuously three-ranked Inflorescences axillary Scales distichous Flowers perfect Perianth of 6-9 bristles
35 Dulichium Three-way Sedge Latin name for a kind of sedge Monotypic genus Dulichium arundinaceum (L.) Britt. Combination of perianth bristles and distichous scales found elsewhere among sedges in SE United States only in Eleocharis baldwinii and Websteria confervoides Habitat acidic soils of depressions along blackwater streams and shallows along ponds associated with such streams
36 Dulichium arundinaceum (L.) Britt. Hamilton Co., Florida
37 The Beak-rush Sedge Group Diagnostic characteristics Scales spiral Flowers perfect Perianth of few to many bristles or absent in sections Dichromena and Psilocarya Stigmas 2 (-3) Achene biconvex to subterete Tubercle present
38 Rhynchospora Beak-rushes From Greek rhyncho, snout or beak, and spora, seed, referring to the beaked achenes of many species Most beak-rushes inhabit hydric soils in bogs, wet savannas, margins of ponds, seeps, and depressions in flatwoods R. megalocarpa Gray and R. grayi Kunth found in open, xeric, sandy pinelands or sandscrub Some, opportunistic colonizers of pastures, lawns, pond margins, and ditches, are treated as weeds R. caduca Ell. recently naturalized, spreading rapidly in Hawaii Beak-rushes of conservation concern include R. crinipes Gale banks and bars of blackwater streams R. harveyi var. culixa (Gale) Kral ecotones between sandhills and bogs R. solitaria Harper hillside bogs R. thornei Kral margins of limesink ponds
39 Achene tubercle perianth Rhynchospora inexpansa (Michx.) Vahl
40 Rhynchospora miliacea (Lam.) Gray
41 Rhynchospora cephalantha Gray
42 Rhynchospora ciliaris (Michx.) Mohr
43 Rhynchospora macrostachya Torr. ex Gray
44 Rhynchospora Section Dichromena Section Psilocarya Section Dichromena conspicuous dichromatic white and green inflorescence bracts R. colorata (L.) Pfeiff. basic to circumneutral soils in seeps or swales R. latifolia (Baldw.) Thomas acidic soils of bogs and wet savannas R. floridensis (Britt. ex Small) Pfeiff. solution pits in limerock in S Florida Section Psilocarya annuals lacking perianth bristles R. nitens (Vahl) Gray R. scirpoides (Torr.) Gray
45 Section Dichromena Rhynchospora colorata (L.) Pfeiff. Lanier Co., Georgia
46 Section Psilocarya Rhynchospora nitens (Vahl) Gray Baker Co., Florida
47 The Sawgrass Sedge Group Diagnostic characteristics Scales spiral Flowers perfect Perianth absent Stigmas 3 Achene terete
48 Cladium Sawgrass From Greek clados, branch, alluding to the branched inflorescence Only two species in SE United States C. jamaicense Crantz Inhabits brackish and freshwater marshes along the Georgia coast and occasionally inland Dominant species of Everglades marshes of S Florida Robust perennial Graceful, delicate inflorescences Lacerating foliage C. mariscoides (Muhl.) Torrey
49 Cladium jamaicense Crantz Franklin Co., Florida
50 Inflorescence of Sawgrass
51 The Nut-rush Sedge Group Diagnostic characteristics Flowers imperfect Spikelet generally with pistillate flowers below staminate and with several empty basal scales Achenes whitish, bony Hypogynium often present
52 Scleria Nut-rushes From Greek scleros, hard, referring to the bony achene Features of achene and hypogynium taxonomically useful Whitish, bony surfaces of achenes smooth, pitted, reticulate or pubescent Hypogynium (usually present) fused to base of achene discoid, tuberculate, or lobed Habitat Most species on fairly wet sites, e.g., open, moist, sandy or peaty soils of seepage slopes, bogs, depressions in flatwoods, and pond margins S. triglomerata Michx. and S. oligantha Michx. more often on mesic to subxeric sites in shaded woods, open prairies, and pineland savannas S. ciliata Michx. and S. pauciflora Muhl. ex Willd. both exhibit ample variation with several named varieties each and substantial ranges in habitat from dry to hydric sites
53 Scleria reticularis Michx. netted nut-rush
54 Three-lobed hypogynium and netted achene surface in Scleria reticularis Michx.
55 Scleria reticularis Michx.
56 Aculeate hypogynium Scleria triglomerata Michx.
57 Hypogynium elevated on broad inverted, cuplike base Scleria oligantha Michx.
58 Hypogynium absent Scleria georgiana Core
59 The Caric Sedge Group Diagnostic characteristics Flowers imperfect Plants usually monoecious (dioecious in Carex picta) Staminate (male) and pistillate (female) flowers often borne in separate inflorescences or one type above the other in the same inflorescence Sac-like perigynium enclosing each pistillate flower and achene 2 genera in SE United States Carex Cymophyllus monotypic
60 Carex From Greek cairo, to cut, referring to sharp edges of leaves in certain species Habitat, etc. Mostly in mesic, woodland habitats of northern temperate zone >2000 species Largest genus of Cyperaceae One of the largest genera of the world s flora
61 Flowers imperfect Staminate & pistillate spikes separate Carex glaucescens Ell.
62 Flowers imperfect Staminate flowers below pistillate in same spike Carex sect. Ovales
63 Portion of pistillate spike showing perigynia and bracteoles Carex striata Michx.
64 Perigynium Pistillate spikelet with perigynium face cut away, exposing gynoecium within --Carex striata Michx.
65 Carex lonchocarpa Willd. ex Spreng.
66 Carex striata Michx. Cypress-gum pond Echols Co., Georgia
67 Carex tenax Chapm.
68 Acknowledgements Dr. Richard Carter, Valdosta State University
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