Carey's Sedge
| Scientific Name: | Carex careyana |
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NOTES: Broad-leaved sedge with reddish-purple basal sheaths. Ligules shaped like a blunt, inverted "V."
| Scientific Name: | Carex careyana |
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| Genus species: | Carex careyana | ||||||||||
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| Common Name: | Carey's Sedge | ||||||||||
| Family Name: | Cyperaceae 
Annual or perennial herbs, often with triangular stems (culms), the pith usually present; leaves alternate, the blades simple, grasslike (linear with parallel venation), with a tubular sheath usually closed at the apex; flowers (florets) bisexual or unisexual, very small, in spikelets; fruit an achene or nutlet, often triangular or lenticular. | ||||||||||
| Seed Type: | Angiosperm | ||||||||||
| Origin:
Native: native to North America. Non-native: not native to North America. Introduced Native: native to North America, but not Rowe Woods. * Definitions based on the USDA terminology |
Native | ||||||||||
| Category: | Sedge | ||||||||||
| Identified by: | M. Becus | ||||||||||
| Months in Bloom: The highlighted month(s) in this chart indicate when the plant has been observed blooming. | |||||||||||
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