Carex abscondita, the thicket sedge, is a North American species of sedge first described by Kenneth Mackenzie in 1910.[1][2]
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]
References
- ^ "Carex abscondita Mack". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
- ^ "Carex abscondita". The Plant List. 2010. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
- ^ NRCS. "Carex absondita". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 18 January 2020.
- ^ a b New York Natural Heritage Program. 2020. Online Conservation Guide for Carex abscondita. Accessed January 18, 2020.
- ^ "Carex abscondita (thicket sedge): Go Botany". gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org. Retrieved 2025-02-20.
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