Plantainleaf Sedge
Carex plantaginea Lamarck
Plantainleaf Sedge: https://marylandbiodiversity.com/species/2093
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Status

Montgomery County population is not native (Frye & Lea, 2002).

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Carex plantaginea

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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Carex
Species:
C. plantaginea
Binomial name
Carex plantaginea

Carex plantaginea, commonly known as carex plantain, plaintainleaf sedge, or seersucker sedge,[1][2][3][4] is a perennial herb of the sedge family.

Description

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It grows up to 0.9 metres (2 ft 11 in) tall. It is distributed across much of eastern North America, from New Brunswick to Georgia, west to Minnesota and Iowa.

References

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  1. ^ Ball, Peter W.; Reznicek, A. A. (2002). "Carex plantaginea". 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.
  2. ^ Kirschbaum, Chad. "Plantain-leaf sedge (Carex plantaginea Lam.)". Plant of the Week. U.S. Forest Service. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
  3. ^ "Carex plantaginea Lamarck". Database of Vascular Plants of Canada (VASCAN). Retrieved 27 September 2020.
  4. ^ Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, Duhl, Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians, Lone Pine Publishing, (2005) p 397, ISBN 978-1-55105-428-5
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