Carex abscondita
Species of plant in the sedge family
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Carex abscondita, the thicket sedge, is a North American species of sedge first described by Kenneth Mackenzie in 1910.[1][2]
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Cyperaceae |
| Genus: | Carex |
| Section: | Carex sect. Careyanae |
| Species: | C. abscondita |
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Distribution and habitat
It grows along the central and eastern United States, from eastern Texas to southern Missouri, east to the Atlantic coast, and north to New Hampshire.[3] It grows in moist areas of forests, flood plains, shrublands, and swamps.[4]
Description
Carex abscondita is a tussock-forming perennial plant, grown from a rhizome. Leaves are green in colour, flat, smooth, with whitish sheaths. The lowest bract has a sheath in excess of 4mm. The lowest spike has a peduncle, while the uppermost spike bears only staminate flowers.[5]
It is closely related to and sometimes confused with Carex digitalis, which, compared to Carex abscondita, has longer flowering stems relative to the leaves, wider staminate spikes, and often has thinner leaves.[4]