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Woollyfruit Sedge (Carex lasiocarpa)

  • Woollyfruit Sedge (Carex Lasiocarpa) https://www.sagebud.com/woollyfruit-sedge-carex-lasiocarpa
    Credit: Hurd, E.G., N.L. Shaw, J. Mastrogiuseppe, L.C. Smithman, & S. Goodrich. 1998. Field guide to Intermountain sedges. Gen. Tech. Rep. RMS-GTR-10. USDA FS RMRS, Ogden, UT. | USDA, NRCS. 2007. Carex lasiocarpa Ehr.... The PLANTS Database. National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. | License: PD USDA
  • Woollyfruit Sedge (Carex Lasiocarpa) https://www.sagebud.com/woollyfruit-sedge-carex-lasiocarpa
    Credit: USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hurd, E.G., N.L. Shaw, J. Mastrogiuseppe, L.C. Smithman, & S. Goodrich. 1998. Field guide to Intermountain sedges. Gen. Tech. Rep. RMS-GTR-10. USDA FS RMRS, Ogden, UT. | USDA, NRCS. 2007. Carex lasiocarpa fem.... The PLANTS Database. National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 | License: PD USDA NRCS
  • Woollyfruit Sedge (Carex Lasiocarpa) https://www.sagebud.com/woollyfruit-sedge-carex-lasiocarpa
    Credit: Krzysztof Ziarnek | Own work | License: CC-BY-SA-2.5,2.0,1.0 CC-BY-SA-3.0-migrated GFDL
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Carex Lasiocarpa, or more commonly know as Woollyfruit Sedge, is a graminoid of the genus Carex. Its duration is perennial which means it will grow year after year. Carex Lasiocarpa or Woollyfruit Sedge's floral region is North America US Lower 48 and Alaska, specifically in the states of Alaska, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Iowa, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, North Carolina, North Dakota, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Utah, Virginia, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin and Wyoming.

  • Category: Monocot
  • Genus: Carex
  • Family: Cyperaceae
  • Order: Cyperales
  • Class: Liliopsida
  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Duration: Perennial
  • Growth Habit: Graminoid
  • Native Status: L48 (N) AK (N) CAN (N) SPM (N)
  • State T/E Status: PA (R)
  • State T/E Common Name: PA (slender sedge)
  • National Wetland Indicator Status: OBL
  • Regional Wetland Indicator Status: 1(OBL) 3(OBL) 4(OBL) 5(OBL) 6(OBL) 8(NI) 9(OBL) 0(NI) A(OBL)


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