Common Wood Sedge
Scientific Name:Carex blanda
Common Name Synonyms: Common Woodland Sedge


NOTES: Perigynia (sac enclosing seeds in the genus Carex) have short, bent beaks. Triangular stems slightly winged.

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Common Wood Sedge
Genus species: Carex blanda
Common Names: Common Wood Sedge
Common Woodland Sedge
Family Name: Cyperaceae  
Annual or perennial herbs, often with triangular stems (culms), the pith usually present; leaves alternate, the blades simple, grasslike (linear with parallel venation), with a tubular sheath usually closed at the apex; flowers (florets) bisexual or unisexual, very small, in spikelets; fruit an achene or nutlet, often triangular or lenticular.
Seed Type: Angiosperm
Origin:  
Native: native to North America.
Non-native: not native to North America.
Introduced Native: native to North
America, but not Rowe Woods.
* Definitions based on the USDA
terminology
Native
Category:Sedge
CNC Habitat: Krippendorf Arboretum
Backyard Habitat
Nature Playscape
Polinator Garden
Identified by:A. Swanson
Months in Bloom:  
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