Carex comosa

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Species Distribution Map
Family:CYPERACEAE
Species:Carex comosa Boott
Common Name:Bearded Sedge
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Growth Habit:Herb
Duration:Perennial
Category:Vascular
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Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Native, OBL (NWI)
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Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

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Classification

FamilyCYPERACEAE - Sedge family
Genus Carex
Species Carex comosa Boott - Bearded Sedge

Citation

Citation Carex comosa Boott, Proc. Linn. Soc. Lond. 1(27): 258–259. 1845.
Basionym: REPLACED: Carex furcata Elliott 1824., non Lapeyrouse 1813.
Type: USA: SOUTH CAROLINA:

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Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Carex furcata Carex furcata Elliott, Sketch Bot. S. Carolina 2: 552. 1824, non Lapeyrouse 1813. SOUTH CAROLINA
Carex pseudocyperus var. furcata Carex pseudocyperus Linnaeus, var. furcata Kükenthal ex Kneucker, Allg. Bot. Z. Syst. 7: 195. 1901, nom. illegit.Carex pseudocyperus Linnaeus, var. comosa (Boott) Boott 1867; Carex furcata Elliott 1824, non Lapeyrouse 1813. 
Carex pseudocyperus var. comosa Carex pseudocyperus Linnaeus, var. comosa (Boott) Boott, Ill. Carex 141. 1867.Carex comosa Boott 1846; Carex furcata Elliott 1824, non Lapeyrouse 1813. 

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Baldwin, Blount, Calhoun, Dallas, Etowah, Houston, Jefferson, Lauderdale, Limestone, Madison, Shelby

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AUA, JSU, NY, TROY, UNA, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1979 - 1980

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.		 Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used		 Image
UWAL0037226 Shelby 02 Jun 2016 Spaulding, Daniel D.
14679		 UWAL
Carex comosa Boott
UNA00000502 Shelby 21 Jun 1980 Wiersema, John H.
1950		 UNA
Carex comosa Boott
UWAL0049540 Lauderdale 04 May 2020 Webb, David H.
8915		 UWAL
Carex comosa Boott
UNA00000506 Limestone 03 Jun 1979 Wiersema, John H.
781		 UNA
Carex comosa Boott
UWAL0035225 Limestone 02 Jun 2017 England, J. Kevin
7872		 UWAL
Carex comosa F. Boott
UNA00000501 Calhoun 21 Jun 1980 Wiersema, John H.
1933		 UNA
Carex comosa Boott
NY02259822 Shelby 21 Jun 1980 John H. Wiersema
1950		 NY
Carex comosa Boott
JSU114846 Madison 6 Mar 1994 Atkinson, Tim A.
1776		 JSU
Carex comosa Boott
UNA00000521 Dallas 31 May 1980 Wiersema, John H.
1907		 UNA
Carex comosa Boott
UWAL0018489 Houston 05 May 1987 Kral, Robert
73990		 UWAL
Carex comosa Boott.
UNA00069671 Limestone 25 Apr 2007 Webb, David
6562		 UNA
Carex comosa Boott
UNA00063441 Etowah 03 Jul 2002 Kral, Robert
92808		 UNA
Carex comosa Boott
ALNHS00005554 Shelby 02 Jun 2016 Spaulding, Daniel D.
14679		 ALNHS
Carex comosa Boott
UNA00058578 Blount 24 Jul 1998 Keener, Brian R.
1284		 UNA
Carex comosa Boott
UNA00069083 Shelby 02 Jun 2007 Spaulding, Daniel D.
12649		 UNA
Carex comosa Boott
TROY000029110 Shelby 02 Jun 2007 Spaulding, Daniel D.
12649		 TROY
Carex comosa Boott
AUA000024537 Shelby 2 Jun 2007 Spaulding, Daniel D.
12649		 AUA
Carex Comosa Boott
UNA00000507 Madison 17 May 1980 Meigs, Russell A.
520		 UNA
Carex comosa Boott
NY02259789 Jefferson 22 Jun 1992 John H. Wiersema
80997		 NY
Carex comosa Boott
UWAL0003224 Shelby 02 Jun 2007 Spaulding, Daniel D.
12649		 UWAL
Carex comosa Boott
ALNHS00005555 Shelby 22 May 2018 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#3848		 ALNHS
Carex comosa Boott
UNA00000531 Madison 02 Jun 1980 Meigs, Russell A.
757		 UNA
Carex comosa Boott
NY02259825 Dallas 31 May 1980 John H. Wiersema
1907		 NY
Carex comosa Boott
UWAL0035557 Baldwin 08 Apr 2015 Horne, Howard E.
2810		 UWAL
Carex comosa F. Boott
AUA000038066 Limestone 2 Jun 2017 England, J. Kevin
7872		 AUA
Carex Comosa Boott
TROY000024922 Blount 24 Jul 1998 Keener, Brian R.
1284		 TROY
Carex comosa Boott
UNA00000516 Limestone 25 Jun 1980 Meigs, Russell A.
894		 UNA
Carex comosa Boott
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