Carex kobomugi Ohwi
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Detail
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Botanical Name
- Carex kobomugi Ohwi
- Common Name
- Japanese Beach Sedge
- Synonym(s)
- Flora of Virginia Name/Status
- Carex kobomugi Ohwi
- Comments
- One of our few exotic sedges; very invasive where established on oceanfront and Bay shore dunes.
- Habitat
- Beaches and dune grasslands; usually on foredunes. Infrequent in the maritime zone of the Coastal Plain but often locally common and invasive where found. A somewhat anomalous population occurs on the sandy tidal shore of the Potomac River at Stratford Hall, Westmoreland County.
- Native Status
- Introduced
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