WOODLAND SEDGE
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Carex blanda Dewey
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| Riley County, Kansas |
| Perennial |
| Height: 4- 24 inches |
| Family: Cyperaceae - Sedge Family |
| Flowering Period: April, May, June |
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| Culms: | | Strongly triangular, pale green, nearly glabrous, bases brownish. | | Leaves: | | Blades to 3/5 inch wide, pale green, glabrous, sometimes slightly waxy; margins rough. | | Sheaths: | | Thin, white on inner side. | | Inflorescences: | | Spikes, usually unisexual; terminal spike staminate, 1/5 to 4/5 inch long, sessile or short-stalked; staminate scales blunt or very short pointed; centers green; margins transparent; lateral spikes pistillate, 2-5, oblong or linear-oblong, .25 to 1.25 inch long, ascending to erect, stalked or uppermost nearly sessile and contiguous with male spike; pistillate scales about as long as perigynia, usually awned; centers green; margins transparent; perigynia 8-25 per spike, ellipsoid or egg-shaped, usually pale yellowish green, strongly several-nerved; beaks short, distinctly curved. | | Fruits: | | Achenes, triangular, yellowish brown, 1-seeded; stigmas 3. | | Habitat: | | Dry or wet wooded areas, ditches, and along streams. | | Distribution: | | East 1/2 of Kansas. | | Comments: | | A commonly encountered species of Carex. |
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| Woodland sedge inflorescence |  | | 50 KB | | Riley County, Kansas |
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| | Woodland sedge sheath |  | | 52 KB | | Riley County, Kansas |
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| | Woodland sedge inflorescence |  | | 90 KB | | Marshall County, Kansas |
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