Carex woodii Dewey
Detail
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Botanical Name
- Carex woodii Dewey
- Common Name
- Wood's Sedge
- Synonym(s)
- Flora of Virginia Name/Status
- Carex woodii Dewey
- Comments
- This species forms clonal patches reminiscent of Carex pensylvanica but has glabrous perigynia; the foliage also has a paler green cast. It has been much overlooked.
- Habitat
- Dry-mesic (occasionally mesic or dry) upland forests and montane alluvial forests; especially common in montane mixed oak, oak-hickory, and Northern Red Oak forests at middle to higher elevations, often forming extensive colonies. Frequent to locally common in the mountains; very rare in the n. Piedmont.
- Native Status
- Native
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