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Carex tenera Dewey

Common Name: SEDGE
Coefficient of Conservatism: 4
Coefficient of Wetness: 0
Wetness Index: FAC
Physiognomy: Nt P-Sedge

Dry or usually moist open ground or savannas, meadows, swales, and fields; grassy clearings and trails; thickets and borders of forests and rivers.

This is a graceful species with relatively delicate arching inflorescences; frequent, typically in open habitats and drier areas more than the similar Carex echinodes.

A. A. Reznicek

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Counties
Alcona
Alger
Allegan
Alpena
Barry
Bay
Berrien
Charlevoix
Cheboygan
Chippewa
Clinton
Dickinson
Emmet
Gladwin
Gratiot
Huron
Ingham
Ionia
Iosco
Iron
Isabella
Jackson
Kalamazoo
Kalkaska
Kent
Lake
Lapeer
Leelanau
Lenawee
Livingston
Mackinac
Macomb
Manistee
Marquette
Mason
Mecosta
Menominee
Midland
Missaukee
Monroe
Montcalm
Montmorency
Newaygo
Oakland
Ontonagon
Osceola
Ottawa
Presque Isle
Saginaw
Schoolcraft
St. Clair
Tuscola
Washtenaw
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/1062