Family: Cyperaceae
[Carex lanuginosa Michx.]
Linda W. Curtis
Linda W. Curtis
University of Wisconsin - Madison (WIS-VP)
Etymology: Carex: the classical Latin name
Plants: perennial sedge
Plants: perennial sedge
- perigynia pubescent
- basal leaf sheaths red and ladder-fimbrillose
- leaves < 2 mm wide, involute, wispy at ends, glaucous
- usu. in standing water or bogs, and can form floating mats
Floristic Rating: Coefficient of Conservatism = 9, Wetland Indicator = OBL 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 USGS - Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center: Wetland Plants and Plant Communities of Minnesota and Wisconsin
Linda W. Curtis
Gary Fewless
Gary Fewless
Emmet J. Judziewicz
