Carex arctata
Species of grass-like plant
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Carex arctata, known as drooping woodland sedge, is a species of sedge native to eastern North America.[2] It is sometimes called black sedge, compressed sedge, or drooping wood sedge.[3] It occurs from Manitoba to the Maritimes in Canada, south to northwestern North Carolina, and west to Minnesota.[1][4] Carex arctata grows in bogs, hardwood forests, and spruce forests.[4]
| Carex arctata | |
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| In Ontario, Canada | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Cyperaceae |
| Genus: | Carex |
| Section: | Carex sect. Hymenochlaenae |
| Species: | C. arctata |
| Binomial name | |
| Carex arctata | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Taxonomy
Carex arctata part of the section Carex sect. Hymenochlaenae.[3] It was first formally named by Francis Boott in 1839.[5]
Carex arctata and Carex castanea (chestnut sedge, also in C. sect. Hymenochlaenae) form a hybrid known as Carex × knieskernii (Knieskern's sedge).[3][6]
Conservation
It is endangered in several states: Indiana, Ohio, and New Jersey.[2]
Close-up of pistillate spikelets
Culms are dark maroon at the base
