Carex eburnea
Boott 
Family: Cyperaceae
bristle-leaf sedge
Linda W. Curtis
Etymology: eburnea = of ivory Plants: perennial sedge Conservation Status: Native
- plants short, forming sods, rhizomes elongate
- leaves wiry, involute
- inflorescence sparse, pistillate spikes 2-4
- perigynia becoming black with age,triangular in cross section
- perigynia beak short, white-tipped
Flora of North America: Flora of North America Floristic Rating: Coefficient of Conservatism = 8, Wetland Indicator = FACU- USDA Plants Database: Federal Distribution and detailed information including photos The Texas A&M Bioinformatics Working Group: Detailed drawings by Harry C. Creutzburg for Kenneth K. Mackenzie's (1940) North American Caricaea
Emmet J. Judziewicz
Robert H. Read
Linda W. Curtis
Christopher Noll
Robert H. Read
Linda W. Curtis
Aaron_Carlson
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