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Smooth Black Sedge (Carex nigra)

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    Credit: Kristian Peters -- Fabelfroh 16:51, 8 July 2006 (UTC) | photographed by myself | License: CC-BY-SA-3.0-migrated GFDL
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    Credit: Kristian Peters -- Fabelfroh 09:36, 13 July 2006 (UTC) | photographed by myself | License: CC-BY-SA-3.0-migrated GFDL
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Carex Nigra, or more commonly know as Smooth Black Sedge, is a graminoid of the genus Carex. Its duration is perennial which means it will grow year after year. Carex Nigra or Smooth Black Sedge's floral region is North America US Lower 48, specifically in the states of Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine, Michigan, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont and Wisconsin.

  • Category: Monocot
  • Genus: Carex
  • Family: Cyperaceae
  • Order: Cyperales
  • Class: Liliopsida
  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Duration: Perennial
  • Growth Habit: Graminoid
  • Native Status: L48 (N) CAN (N) GL (N) SPM (N)
  • State T/E Status: MI (E) NY (E)
  • State T/E Common Name: MI (black sedge) NY (black sedge)
  • National Wetland Indicator Status: FACW+
  • Regional Wetland Indicator Status: 1(FACW+) 3(NI) 9(NI)


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