Carex arctata | |
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In Ontario, Canada | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Clade: | Commelinids |
Order: | Poales |
Family: | Cyperaceae |
Genus: | Carex |
Section: | Carex sect. Hymenochlaenae |
Species: | C. arctata
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Binomial name | |
Carex arctata | |
Synonyms [1] | |
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Carex arctata, known as drooping woodland sedge, is a species of sedge native to eastern North America. [2] It is sometimes called black sedge, compressed sedge, or drooping wood sedge. [3] It occurs from Manitoba to the Maritimes in Canada, south to northwestern North Carolina, and west to Minnesota. [1] [4] Carex arctata grows in bogs, hardwood forests, and spruce forests. [4]
Carex arctata part of the section Carex sect. Hymenochlaenae. [3] It was first formally named by Francis Boott in 1839. [5]
Carex arctata and Carex castanea (chestnut sedge, also in C. sect. Hymenochlaenae) form a hybrid known as Carex × knieskernii (Knieskern's sedge). [3] [6]
It is endangered in several states: Indiana, Ohio, and New Jersey. [2]