Hairy Wood Sedge
Scientific Name: Carex hirtifolia
Separate staminate (male) and pistillate (female) spikes, with a single staminate spike up to 3/4 inch long at the tip of the stem.
Hairy Wood Sedge
Scientific Name: Carex hirtifolia
Hairy Wood Sedge
| Genus species: | Carex hirtifolia |
|---|---|
| Common Name: | Hairy Wood 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 | Gymnosperm |
| 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: | J.D. Mancini |
