Common Name: SEDGE
Coefficient of Conservatism: 5
Coefficient of Wetness: -5
Wetness Index: OBL
Physiognomy: Nt P-Sedge
Included in C. rostrata in Michigan Flora.
Common in very wet muddy or sandy places: marshy stream margins, lake shores, river banks; swamps, marshes, ponds, ditches, and bogs; wet trails and clearings in cedar swamps.
Typically a more robust plant than the quite similar Carex vesicaria, strongly rhizomatous, with culms central and thickly clothed with spongy leaf bases, the broader leaves rather strongly septate-nodulose when dry. Carex vesicaria is a clumping species, with culms lateral, lwith bladeless basal sheaths at bottom, and little or not septate-nodulose when dry. Almost all records of C. rostrata in Michigan Flora belong here, see brief notes under that species.
This is a major dominant of peatland wetlands throught Michigan, especially in lower pH settings.
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Alger |
Allegan |
Alpena |
Antrim |
Arenac |
Baraga |
Barry |
Bay |
Benzie |
Berrien |
Calhoun |
Charlevoix |
Cheboygan |
Chippewa |
Clare |
Crawford |
Delta |
Emmet |
Gogebic |
Grand Traverse |
Gratiot |
Hillsdale |
Houghton |
Huron |
Ingham |
Ionia |
Iosco |
Iron |
Isabella |
Jackson |
Kalamazoo |
Kalkaska |
Kent |
Keweenaw |
Lake |
Leelanau |
Lenawee |
Livingston |
Luce |
Mackinac |
Macomb |
Manistee |
Marquette |
Mason |
Mecosta |
Midland |
Missaukee |
Montcalm |
Montmorency |
Muskegon |
Newaygo |
Oakland |
Ogemaw |
Ontonagon |
Oscoda |
Ottawa |
Presque Isle |
Roscommon |
Sanilac |
Schoolcraft |
St. Clair |
St. Joseph |
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/1075