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Carex tetanica Schkuhr

Common Name: SEDGE
Coefficient of Conservatism: 9
Coefficient of Wetness: -3
Wetness Index: FACW
Physiognomy: Nt P-Sedge

Fens, sedge meadows, shores, interdunal swales, wet depressions in prairies, occasionally on limestone pavements, rarely in drier sites; a plant of calcareous soils but very local northward.

See note under C. ormostachya (sect. Laxiflorae) and Carex meadii.

A. A. Reznicek

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Counties
Allegan
Barry
Bay
Berrien
Cass
Cheboygan
Clinton
Delta
Emmet
Genesee
Gratiot
Hillsdale
Huron
Ingham
Ionia
Iosco
Jackson
Kalamazoo
Kent
Keweenaw
Lapeer
Lenawee
Livingston
Mason
Menominee
Midland
Oakland
St. Clair
Tuscola
Van Buren
Washtenaw
Wayne

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/1064