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Common Name: SEDGE
Coefficient of Conservatism: 4
Coefficient of Wetness: 5
Wetness Index: UPL
Physiognomy: Nt P-Sedge

Usually in dry sandy ± open aspen, pine, or oak savannas or barrens; in sterile, acidic soils and often in fire influenced habitats. Very local southward.

Only occasionally growing with C. pensylvanica. Generally a coarser, stiffer plant than C. pensylvanica, with the culm scabrous below the inflorescence, but not always safely distinguishable without mature perigynia.

B. S. Walters

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Counties
Alcona
Charlevoix
Cheboygan
Chippewa
Crawford
Delta
Grand Traverse
Kalkaska
Kent
Lake
Leelanau
Marquette
Mecosta
Midland
Missaukee
Montmorency
Muskegon
Newaygo
Oakland
Ottawa
Roscommon
Saginaw
Schoolcraft
St. Clair
Tuscola
Wayne
Wexford

Citation:
MICHIGAN FLORA ONLINE. A. A. Reznicek, E. G. Voss, & B. S. Walters. February 2011. University of Michigan. Web. March, 17, 2025
https://lsa-miflora-p.lsait.lsa.umich.edu/#/record/1000