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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Clade: | Commelinids |
Order: | Poales |
Family: | Cyperaceae |
Genus: | Carex |
Section: | Carex sect. Laxiflorae |
Species: | C. blanda
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Binomial name | |
Carex blanda |
Carex blanda, the common woodland sedge [1] or eastern woodland sedge, [2] is a species of sedge native to a wide variety of habitats in the eastern and central United States and Canada. [3]
Its leaves are 1–10 mm (1⁄32–13⁄32 in) wide and 14–36 cm (5.5–14.2 in) long. The stem usually has a staminate (male) spike at the tip, two pistillate (female) spikes closely clustered near it, as well as another pistillate spike lower down. The pistillate spikes have 4 to 36 perigynia each, which develop into seeds ( achenes). [4]
Carex blanda is rather common in its native range, and tends to spread aggressively, particularly in disturbed soils. [4] [1]
Carex blanda | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Clade: | Commelinids |
Order: | Poales |
Family: | Cyperaceae |
Genus: | Carex |
Section: | Carex sect. Laxiflorae |
Species: | C. blanda
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Binomial name | |
Carex blanda |
Carex blanda, the common woodland sedge [1] or eastern woodland sedge, [2] is a species of sedge native to a wide variety of habitats in the eastern and central United States and Canada. [3]
Its leaves are 1–10 mm (1⁄32–13⁄32 in) wide and 14–36 cm (5.5–14.2 in) long. The stem usually has a staminate (male) spike at the tip, two pistillate (female) spikes closely clustered near it, as well as another pistillate spike lower down. The pistillate spikes have 4 to 36 perigynia each, which develop into seeds ( achenes). [4]
Carex blanda is rather common in its native range, and tends to spread aggressively, particularly in disturbed soils. [4] [1]