Eastern Woodland Sedge
Carex blanda Dewey
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Carex blanda
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Carex
Section: Carex sect. Laxiflorae
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C. blanda
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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]

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  1. ^ a b Chayka, Katy; Dziuk, Peter (2016). "Carex blanda (Common Woodland Sedge)". Minnesota Wildflowers.
  2. ^ NRCS. "Carex blanda". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 16 May 2017.
  3. ^ Ball, Peter W.; Reznicek, A. A. (2002). "Carex sect. Laxiflorae". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). Vol. 23. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
  4. ^ a b Ball, Peter W.; Reznicek, A. A. (2002). "Carex blanda". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). Vol. 23. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.