Fox Sedge
Carex vulpinoidea Michaux
Fox Sedge: https://marylandbiodiversity.com/species/2133
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Note that leaf sheaths are rugulose (i.e., they have visible wrinkles which are horizontally oriented). This is a distinguishing character for this species. (B. Harms, pers. comm.)

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Carex vulpinoidea
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Carex
Subgenus: Carex subg. Vignea
Section: Carex sect. Multiflorae
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C. vulpinoidea
Binomial name
Carex vulpinoidea

Carex vulpinoidea is a species of sedge known as fox sedge and American fox-sedge.[1] It is native to North America, including most of Canada, the Dominican Republic, the United States and parts of Mexico. It is known in Europe and New Zealand as an introduced species. The sedge lives in wet and seasonally wet habitat, and grows easily as a roadside weed. It produces clumps of stems up to a meter tall. The inflorescence is a dense, tangled cluster of many flower spikes up to about 10 cm (3.9 in) long. Tolerates fluctuating water levels and periods of drying.

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  1. ^ BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
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