Family: Cyperaceae
prairie straw sedge, wedge-fruited oval sedge
[Carex tenera var. suberecta Dewey]
Etymology: Carex: the classical Latin name
Plants: perennial sedge
Conservation Status: Special Concern
Plants: perennial sedge
Conservation Status: Special Concern
Flora of North America: Flora of North America Floristic Rating: Coefficient of Conservatism = 8, Wetland Indicator = OBL WIS DNR-Bureau of Endangered Resources: Detailed information on Wisconsin listed species including state and federal status, photos, etc. 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