Family: Cyperaceae
blunt-scaled wood sedge, white bear sedge
[Carex laxiflora var. latifolia Lam.]
Emmet J. Judziewicz
Derek Anderson
University of Wisconsin - Madison (WIS-VP)
Etymology: Carex: the classical Latin name
Plants: perennial sedge
Conservation Status: Native
Plants: perennial sedge
Conservation Status: Native
Flora of North America: Flora of North America Floristic Rating: Coefficient of Conservatism = 7 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 Dan Tenaglia's The Missouri Flora: Fabulous photographs; detailed descriptions; color and leave arrangement key. -basal leaves wide - up to 3.5 cm
-bracts also wide
-perigynia similar to C. blanda but scale reaches to just the middle of perigynia and is not awned
-not reddish at base
Derek Anderson
Derek Anderson
Derek Anderson
Theodore S. Cochrane
Christopher Noll
