Each culm terminates in a tight cluster of 2-3 pistillate spikelets and a single staminate spikelet.
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James' Sedge
Genus species:
Carex jamesii
Common Name:
James' 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:
A. Swanson
Months in Bloom
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