Carex jamesii, known as James's sedge or grass sedge, is a species of
sedge native to North America from
Minnesota east to
New York and south to
Oklahoma and
South Carolina. It occurs in
mesic hardwood forests and produces fruits from early May to mid July.[1] It has two to four
perigynia that are subtended by leaf-like pistillate scales. Its seeds are dispersed by
ants.[2]
Within the genus Carex, Carex jamesii is in the
sectionPhyllostachyae (sometimes Phyllostachys) and is most closely related to C. juniperorum.[3][4]
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^Julian R. Starr, Randall J. Bayer & Bruce A. Ford (1999). "The phylogenetic position of Carex section Phyllostachys and its implications for phylogeny and subgeneric circumscription in Carex (Cyperaceae)". American Journal of Botany. 86 (4): 563–577.
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