Brownish sedge
Prepared by Jennifer L. D’Appollonio, Assistant Scientist, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469. April 2011.
Scientific name: Carex brunnescens (Pers.) Poir.
Common name(s): brownish sedge
Link(s): USDA PLANTS Profile, NPIN Profile, Go Botany
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- yellowish leaves
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- Inflorescence, mid-June
Description:
– perennial
-very variable
-leaf blade is 0.5–2.5 mm wide
-is considered threatened in the mid west
Habitat:
-alpine zone
-wetlands
-forests
Acknowledgement(s):
Go Botany. “Carex Brunnescens (Pers.) Poir.” Carex Brunnescens (Brownish Sedge): Go Botany, 2021, gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org/species/carex/brunnescens/.
Eric T. Doucette, Ph.D. – Assistant Professor of Biology, MA College of Liberal Arts, North Adams, MA (updated Feb 2018)