Support the Flora of the Southeastern US
- Keys with embedded images of diagnostic features
- Clickable glossary terms with illustrated definitions
- FloraQuest: Carolinas & Georgia mobile app
- Heliophily and Wetland Statuses
- Direct links to Flora of North America
- 17,730 new high quality diagnostic photos and counting
- Add Global Conservation Ranks (GRanks) vote
- Professional graphic keys (polyclaves) to individual families/genera vote
- 2 new FloraQuest apps: Florida & Mid-South vote
- Image overlays highlighting diagnostic characters with arrows vote
- iNaturalist integration in FloraQuest vote
Carex tetrastachya Scheele. Section: [26q] Section 12 Ovales. Four-angle Sedge. Phen: Mar-May. Hab: Wet prairies and swamps over calcareous substrates. Dist: OK south to LA and TX.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = ETx1, FNA23, K3, K4, NcTx; = Carex brittoniana L.H.Bailey – GrPl, Tx
Links to other floras: = Carex tetrastachya - FNA23
Show in key(s) | Show Carex section in key
Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACW
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACW
- Great Plains: FACW
Heliophily ⓘ: 8
Hover over a shape, letter, icon, or arrow on the map for definition or see the legend.
Feedback
See something wrong or missing on about Carex tetrastachya? Let us know here: (Please include your name and email if at all complicated so we can clarify if needed.) We greatly appreciate feedback, and will include updates from you in our next webapp update, which can take a few months.