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Carex retroflexa Willd.

Common Name: SEDGE
Coefficient of Conservatism: 1
Coefficient of Wetness: 5
Wetness Index: UPL
Physiognomy: Nt P-Sedge

Fields and open young forests in disturbed or successional habitats.

It is not certain that this is native to Michigan. It was first collected in a lawn in Kalamazoo Co. in 1943, although more recent Washtenaw Co. collectons are from more natural settings, and it is somewhat more frequent in natural settings nearby in adjacent southern Ontario and northern Ohio

S. Farrington

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Counties
Kalamazoo
Washtenaw

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/1036