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Slender woodland sedge

Carex digitalis

Also called Narrow Leafed Wood Sedge, Slender Wood Sedge, Narrow Leaved Wood Sedge

Slender woodland sedge
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0
Family
Cyperaceae (Cyper family)
Grows as
Grass, Perennial
Native range
SE. Canada to C. & E. U.S.A.
Climate
temperate

About

Carex digitalis, common name slender woodland sedge,is a tussock-forming species of perennial sedge in the family Cyperaceae. It is native to south eastern parts of Canada as well as central and eastern parts of the United States.

Where it grows

The plant is found in temperate areas. In Canada it is found in Ontario in the east to parts of Quebec in the north and to Nova Scotia in the east. The range extends south through the United States to Texas and Oklahoma in the south-east and Florida in the south-west.

Other Carex plants

Carex abitibiana · Indian Valley sedge · Abruptbeak sedge · Thicket sedge · Small Dusky Sedge · Seoul Sedge · Acid Loving Sedge · Carex acocksii · Slender Tufted-sedge · Carex acutata · Lesser pond sedge · Circumpolar sedge

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Carex digitalis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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.

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