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Cyperaceae
Carex

not marked as a favorite taxon Carex picta Steudel. Common name: Painted Sedge. Phenology: Apr-May. Habitat: Dry to dry-mesic oak-hickory forests. Distribution: S. IN south through KY and c. TN to nc. GA (Jones & Coile 1988), c. AL, and e. LA.

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Section: [26ddd] Section 41 Pictae.

ID notes: Locally abundant and forming "doughnut clumps", sometimes aggregated to form a coarse turf.

Origin/Endemic status: Endemic

Synonymy ⓘ: = C, F, FNA23, G, K4, NS, POWO, S, Tn, Mackenzie (1931-1935). Basionym: Carex picta Steud. 1855

Links to other floras: = Carex picta - FNA23

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Heliophily ⓘ: 3

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image #1 of Carex picta© Alan Cressler: Carex picta (male), Indian Rocks Park, Big Canoe, Dawson County, Georgia 1 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
image #2 of Carex picta© Alan Cressler: Carex picta, Staminate Flowers, Rottenwood Creek Gorge, Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area, Cobb County, Georgia 2 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
image #3 of Carex picta© Scott Ward | Original Image ⭷
image #4 of Carex picta© Scott Ward | Original Image ⭷
image #5 of Carex picta© Paul Marcum source | Original Image ⭷
image #6 of Carex picta© Alan Cressler: Carex picta (female), Indian Rocks Park, Big Canoe, Dawson County, Georgia 2 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
image #7 of Carex picta© Paul Marcum source | Original Image ⭷
image #8 of Carex picta© Paul Marcum source | Original Image ⭷
image #9 of Carex picta© Alan Cressler: Carex picta, male flowers, Rottenwood Creek Gorge, Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area, Cobb County, Georgia 1 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
image #10 of Carex picta© Alan Cressler: Carex picta, Pistillate Flowers, Rottenwood Creek Gorge, Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area, Cobb County, Georgia 1 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
image #12 of Carex picta© Paul Marcum source | Original Image ⭷
image #14 of Carex picta© Paul Marcum source | Original Image ⭷

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