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Carex straminea Willd.

Common Name: STRAW SEDGE
Coefficient of Conservatism: 10
Coefficient of Wetness: -5
Wetness Index: OBL
Physiognomy: Nt P-Sedge
Status: E

Known in Michigan only from Kalamazoo Co., where it has been collected in boggy swales and swamp borders, in acidic soils.

This is a distinctive and graceful species, often forming large clumps and with spreading culms and arching inflorescences.

A. A. Reznicek

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Counties
Kalamazoo

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/1056