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Carex concinna R. Br.

Common Name: BEAUTY SEDGE
Coefficient of Conservatism: 10
Coefficient of Wetness: 3
Wetness Index: FACU
Physiognomy: Nt P-Sedge

Very local, edges of cedar and balsam thickets near gravelly or rocky calcareous shores of the northern ends of Lakes Michigan and Huron, associated with such plants as Carex eburnea, C. capillaris, Linnaea borealis, and Arctostaphylos uva-ursi.

Though not an endemic, this delicate tufted sedge is a quintessential example of a lime-loving species with a distribution centered on the Straits; rarely found far inland from the Great Lakes shores. It fruits early, and is easy to overlook. 

A. A. Reznicek

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Counties
Alpena
Chippewa
Delta
Emmet
Leelanau
Mackinac
Presque Isle
Schoolcraft

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/934