Carex lurida Wahlenb.

Sallow sedge, shallow sedge

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This sedge is native to North America.

Identification: The sedge has a tuft of leaves at the bottom and stems, technically culms, up to 28" (71 cm) long. The leaf blades, resembling grass, are about a foot long and ⅜" (9.5 mm) across. The culms have one to four yellow-green, spiky flowerheads.

From Britton, Nathaniel Lord, and Brown, Addison, An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions, 1913, p. Vol 1: 436

Online References:

Carex lurida at Illinois Wildflowers

Carex lurida on Missouriplants.com

Carex lurida on Southeastern Flora, the Southeastern U.S. Plant Identification Resource

Carex lurida at the Missouri Botanical Garden

Carex lurida at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center

Carex lurida at the University of Wisconsin's Robert W. Freckmann Herbarium

Carex lurida on eFloras

References:

Knobel, Edward, Field Guide to the Grasses, Sedges and Rushes of the United States, Dover Publications Inc., 1980, p. 65

8/6/2021 · Tarbox Preserve, Topsham, Maine
≈ 4 × 4½" (10 × 12 cm)

6/15/2012 · Townsend State Forest, Townsend, Mass­a­chu­setts
≈ 5 × 3½" (13 × 9.2 cm)

6/15/2012 · Townsend State Forest, Townsend, Mass­a­chu­setts
≈ 7 × 4½" (17 × 11 cm)

9/8/2017 · Bates Land and Blackman Land, Groton Conservation Trust, Groton, Mass­a­chu­setts
≈ 8 × 5" (20 × 13 cm)

9/29/2016 · Henry E. Cowdrey Nature Center, Lunenberg, Mass­a­chu­setts ID is uncertain

6/19/2021 · Long Reach Preserve, Harpswell, Maine
≈ 33 × 29" (84 × 74 cm)

8/1/2009 · Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, Boothbay, Maine
≈ 17 × 11" (42 × 28 cm)

6/15/2012 · Townsend State Forest, Townsend, Mass­a­chu­setts
≈ 4 × 4½" (10 × 11 cm)

9/8/2017 · Bates Land and Blackman Land, Groton Conservation Trust, Groton, Mass­a­chu­setts
≈ 7 × 4½" (18 × 12 cm)

8/1/2009 · Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, Boothbay, Maine
≈ 4 × 2½' (1.2 × 0.8 m)

Carex lurida description by Thomas H. Kent, last updated 5 Oct 2021.

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9/8/2017 · Bates Land and Blackman Land, Groton Conservation Trust, Groton, Mass­a­chu­setts
≈ 4½ × 7" (12 × 18 cm)

8/1/2009 · Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, Boothbay, Maine
≈ 8 × 5" (19 × 13 cm)

9/29/2016 · Henry E. Cowdrey Nature Center, Lunenberg, Mass­a­chu­setts ID is uncertain

9/26/2016 · Henry E. Cowdrey Nature Center, Lunenberg, Mass­a­chu­setts ID is uncertain

6/15/2012 · Townsend State Forest, Townsend, Mass­a­chu­setts
≈ 6 × 4" (15 × 10 cm)

9/20/2009 · Wild Gardens of Acadia, Acadia National Park, Bar Harbor, Maine
≈ 14 × 9" (35 × 23 cm)

9/8/2017 · Bates Land and Blackman Land, Groton Conservation Trust, Groton, Mass­a­chu­setts
≈ 5 × 8" (13 × 20 cm)

9/20/2009 · Wild Gardens of Acadia, Acadia National Park, Bar Harbor, Maine
≈ 15 × 10" (39 × 26 cm)

7/15/2020 · Cathance River Nature Preserve Trails, Highland Green, Topsham, Maine
≈ 7 × 4" (16 × 11 cm)

9/29/2016 · Henry E. Cowdrey Nature Center, Lunenberg, Mass­a­chu­setts ID is uncertain

9/20/2009 · Wild Gardens of Acadia, Acadia National Park, Bar Harbor, Maine
≈ 15 × 10" (39 × 26 cm)

9/29/2016 · Henry E. Cowdrey Nature Center, Lunenberg, Mass­a­chu­setts ID is uncertain

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