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Carex bullata
Button sedge is a tussock-forming perennial grass-like sedge native to eastern North America, from Nova Scotia to the eastern United States. It grows best in moist to wet soil, often in wet meadows and along the edges of ponds or streams.
Carex bullata is a tussock-forming species of perennial sedge in the family Cyperaceae. It is native to south eastern parts of Canada and eastern parts of the United States. It has the common name of the button sedge.
It has a global rank of G5 meaning secure. It was last reviewed in 1997. It also has many local ranks in Canada and the US. It has a rank of S5 meaning secure in New Jersey, a rank of S4 in Nova Scotia and Virginia, a rank of S3 in Delaware, Maryland, and Tennessee, a rank of S2 in Maine and North Carolina, and a rank of S1 in Arkansas, Mississippi, New Hampshire, New York, and Pennsylvania.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Carex bullata by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
