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Carex hitchcockiana Dewey

Common Name: SEDGE
Coefficient of Conservatism: 5
Coefficient of Wetness: 5
Wetness Index: UPL
Physiognomy: Nt P-Sedge

Rich deciduous forests (beech-maple, upper floodplain terraces, etc.); rather local.

A unique feature of this species is that the plant is glabrous except for the bract sheaths in the inflorescence, making recogniton easy. The fruits ripen later than many and persist on the inflorecence well into the summer. 

R. Schipper

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Counties
Alcona
Allegan
Antrim
Barry
Benzie
Berrien
Cass
Charlevoix
Delta
Emmet
Genesee
Grand Traverse
Gratiot
Ingham
Ionia
Iosco
Kalamazoo
Kent
Lake
Leelanau
Lenawee
Mackinac
Manistee
Mecosta
Midland
Muskegon
Oakland
Osceola
Ottawa
St. Clair
Van Buren
Washtenaw
Wayne
Wexford

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/980