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Heavy sedge

Carex gravida

Also called Heavy Fruited Sedge, Long Awned Bracted Sedge

Heavy sedge
Photo: Doug Goldman. Provided by USDA NRCS National Plants Data Team (NPDT). United States, VA, Bedford Co. July 16, 2011., Public domain
Family
Cyperaceae (Cyper family)
Grows as
Grass, Perennial
Native range
S. Canada to N. U.S.A.
Climate
temperate

About

Carex gravida, also known as heavy-fruited sedge, heavy sedge or long-awned bracted sedge, is a tussock-forming species of perennial sedge in the family Cyperaceae. It is native to southern parts of Canada and parts of the United States.

Where it grows

It is mostly found growing in temperate biomes in south eastern Canada in the province of Saskatchewan in the west through Manitoba to Ontario in the east. In the United States it is found as far west as Montana in the north down to Texas and New Mexico in the south west. The range extends to New York in the north east to around Virginia in the south east. It has been introduced in Delaware, Maryland and North Carolina.

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 gravida 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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