Common Name: SEDGE
Coefficient of Conservatism: 5
Coefficient of Wetness: -5
Wetness Index: OBL
Physiognomy: Nt P-Sedge
Moist forests and peaty ground, often abundant in bogs and coniferous swamps (or mixed hardwood-conifer stands), including marly situations, and particularly in open areas, seepy sites, and along trails; also in wet open sedge meadows, shrub carrs, and wet forest openings.
An easily recognized, abundant species with a single spike with a few perigynia shaped like miniature rice grains.
A. A. Reznicek
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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/995