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Carex conoidea Willd.

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

Moist, usually sandy meadows and prairie remnants.

An occasional, especially immature, specimen of C. tetanica might be keyed here, if the perigynia are not clearly tapered at the base and thought to be impressed-nerved; C. conoidea has strongly rough-awned pistillate scales, a very scabrous inflorescence axis, and is cespitose. The two can co-occur.

The Farwell collection from Cedar Creek, Keweenaw County seems out of range, but it was collected late in his life (No. 12407, collected July 3, 1940), and seems not to be problematic. Carex conoidea often occurs sparsely within its habitat and is easy to overlook.

N. Martineau

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Counties
Allegan
Bay
Clinton
Crawford
Hillsdale
Ingham
Jackson
Kalamazoo
Kent
Keweenaw
Livingston
Mecosta
Monroe
Oakland
Oceana
Schoolcraft
Shiawassee
St. Clair
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/936