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Carex granularis Willd.

Common Name: SEDGE
Coefficient of Conservatism: 2
Coefficient of Wetness: -3
Wetness Index: FACW
Physiognomy: Nt P-Sedge

Moist open ground of all kinds (moist fields, shores/borders of swamps, trails and clearings in swamps); also in moist forests, coniferous swamps, and crevices of rocky shores along Lake Superior. Often in more or less calcareous settings, and especially abundant in areas underlain by limestone or dolomite. 

The glaucous clumps of this somewhat weedy species are a commion feature of moist successional meadows in much of the state. 

 

A. A. Reznicek

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Counties
Alcona
Alger
Allegan
Alpena
Antrim
Arenac
Barry
Bay
Benzie
Berrien
Cass
Charlevoix
Cheboygan
Chippewa
Clare
Clinton
Crawford
Delta
Dickinson
Emmet
Genesee
Grand Traverse
Gratiot
Hillsdale
Huron
Ingham
Ionia
Iosco
Jackson
Kalamazoo
Kalkaska
Kent
Keweenaw
Lake
Leelanau
Lenawee
Livingston
Mackinac
Macomb
Manistee
Marquette
Mecosta
Menominee
Midland
Missaukee
Monroe
Montcalm
Montmorency
Muskegon
Newaygo
Oakland
Ogemaw
Ontonagon
Oscoda
Otsego
Ottawa
Presque Isle
Roscommon
Saginaw
Sanilac
Schoolcraft
St. Clair
St. Joseph
Tuscola
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/969