Biology:Carex blanda

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Short description: Species of grass-like plant

Carex blanda
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Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Carex
Section: Carex sect. Laxiflorae
Species:
C. blanda
Binomial name
Carex blanda
Dewey

Carex blanda, the common woodland sedge[1] or eastern woodland sedge,[2] is a species of sedge native to a wide variety of habitats in the eastern and central United States and Canada.[3]

Its leaves are 1–10 mm (0.039–0.394 inches) wide and 14–36 mm (9161 716 inches) long. The stem usually has a staminate (male) spike at the tip, two pistillate (female) spikes closely clustered near it, as well as another pistillate spike lower down. The pistillate spikes have 4 to 36 perigynia each, which develop into seeds (achenes).[4]

Carex blanda is rather common in its native range, and tends to spread aggressively, particularly in disturbed soils.[4][1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Chayka, Katy; Dziuk, Peter (2016), Carex blanda (Common Woodland Sedge), https://www.minnesotawildflowers.info/grass-sedge-rush/common-woodland-sedge 
  2. "Carex blanda". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=CABL. Retrieved 16 May 2017. 
  3. Ball, Peter W.; Reznicek, A. A. (2002), "Carex sect. Laxiflorae", in Flora of North America Editorial Committee, Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA), 23, New York and Oxford, http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=302708 
  4. 4.0 4.1 Ball, Peter W.; Reznicek, A. A. (2002), "Carex blanda", in Flora of North America Editorial Committee, Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA), 23, New York and Oxford, http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=242357081 

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