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Plantain-leaved Sedge

Carex plantaginea

Photo by JenKnight
Published on Project Noah
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35.3835, -83.1241

Field Notes

Description:

Also called Seersucker Sedge, it has wide, bright green perennial leaves and in the spring has brown/purple spikelets. Male (staminate) blooms are showier than the cylindrical female (pistillate) flowers.

Habitat:

Moist woodland

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