Carex novae-angliae

Carex novae-angliae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Carex
Species: C. novae-angliae
Binomial name
Carex novae-angliae
Schwein.
Carex novae-angliae
Carex novae-angliae

Carex novae-angliae, common name New England sedge,[1] is a Carex species that is native to North America.

Description

Carex novae-angliae is loosely tufted, with ascending to erect rhizomes. The rhizomes are slender and reddish-brown, and range from 1–20 mm (0.039–0.787 in) in diameter. The culms of the plant are 5–40 cm (2.0–15.7 in) long and slightly rough.[2]

The inflorescences of the plant have both staminate and proximate spikes, with peduncles of staminate spikes 1.9–5.9 mm (0.075–0.232 in) long.[2]

Habitat and distribution

The plant occurs commonly in mesic deciduous forests and less commonly in evergreen-deciduous forests.[3]

It is native to North America, but is more common in Canada and the north-eastern United States than the American Midwest or South.[4]

Conservation Status in the United States

It is listed as threatened in Michigan,[5] and as a species of special concern in Connecticut.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Elaine Nowick (2014). Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants, with Scientific Names Index: Volume II: Scientific Names Index. Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants, with Scientific Names Index. 2. p. 90. ISBN 9781609620608.
  2. 1 2 Flora of North America Editorial Committee, ed. (2003). Flora of North America: Volume 23: Magnoliophyta: Commelinidae (in Part): Cyperaceae. Flora of North America: North of Mexico, Flora of North America Editorial Committee. 23 (illustrated, reprint ed.). OUP USA. p. 540. ISBN 9780195152074.
  3. ↑ Arthur Haines, New England Wild Flower Society (2011). New England Wild Flower Society's Flora Novae Angliae: A Manual for the Identification of Native and Naturalized Higher Vascular Plants of New England (illustrated ed.). Yale University Press. p. 114. ISBN 9780300171549.
  4. ↑ Andrew Hipp (2008). Field Guide to Wisconsin Sedges: An Introduction to the Genus Carex (Cyperaceae) (illustrated ed.). University of Wisconsin Press. p. 59. ISBN 9780299225902.
  5. ↑ "Plants Profile for Carex novae-angliae (New England sedge)". plants.usda.gov. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
  6. ↑ "Connecticut's Endangered, Threatened and Special Concern Species 2015". State of Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Bureau of Natural Resources. Retrieved 15 January 2018. (Note: This list is newer than the one used by plants.usda.gov and is more up-to-date.)


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