Carex lupulina Willd.
Detail
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Botanical Name
- Carex lupulina Willd.
- Common Name
- Hop Sedge
- Synonym(s)
- Flora of Virginia Name/Status
- Carex lupulina Willd.
- Comments
- Plants with elongated spikes and longer peduncles (sometimes called var. pedunculata) are sometimes mistaken for C. lupuliformis; achene shape is vital for correct identification.
- Habitat
- Wet floodplain forests, alluvial swamps, depression swamps and ponds, tidal swamps, tidal freshwater marshes, wet meadows, beaver marshes, ditches, and other mostly seasonally flooded, disturbed wetlands. Frequent in the Coastal Plain and Piedmont; infrequent but widespread at low elevations in the mountains.
- Native Status
- Native
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