Carex annectens (E. P. Bicknell) E. P. Bicknell
Common Name: SEDGE
Coefficient of Conservatism: 1
Coefficient of Wetness: -3
Wetness Index: FACW
Physiognomy: Nt P-Sedge

Carex annectens S. Blaney

Moist to dry meadows and prairies, relatively uncommon.

Often confused with C. vulpinoidea but the perigynia at maturity are a distinctive deep yellow to orange-brown and the inflorescences are dense, with the axis mostly not visible and bracts and pistillate scale awns are inconspicuous. Carex annectens matures distinctly earlier than the late season C. vulpinoidea. A number of records mapped as this species in Michigan Flora are unusual or late season specimens of C. vulpinoidea; see notes under that species. Our plants are all var. xanthocarpa (Kük.) Wiegand.

Locations

Allegan County
Berrien County
Calhoun County
Ingham County
Kalamazoo County
Kent County
Lenawee County
Livingston County
Muskegon County
Newaygo County
Oakland County
Saginaw County
Shiawassee County
Tuscola County
Washtenaw County
Wayne County

Citation:

MICHIGAN FLORA ONLINE. A. A. Reznicek, E. G. Voss, & B. S. Walters. February 2011. University of Michigan. Web. February 17, 2019. https://michiganflora.net/species.aspx?id=904.