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Carex foenea
Also called Bronze Sedge, Bronze Headed Oval Sedge, Bronzy Sedge, Hay Sedge, Dry Spike Sedge, Dryspike Sedge, Wind Sedge
Carex foenea is a species of flowering plant in the family Cyperaceae, native from subarctic America to the northern United States. It was first described by Carl Ludwig Willdenow in 1809.
Some sources regard Carex foenea as a synonym of Carex siccata, others treat it as a full species.
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 foenea 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.
