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Carex praegracilis
Carex praegracilis W. Boott
Blackcreeper Sedge, Clustered Field Sedge, Field Sedge, Slim Sedge
Cyperaceae (Sedge family)
Synonym(s): Carex camporum
USDA Symbol: CAPR5
USDA Native Status: L48 (N), AK (N), CAN (N)
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Plant Characteristics
Duration: PerennialHabit: Grass/Grass-like
Fruit Type: Achene
Size Notes: Up to about 3 feet tall.
Bloom Information
Bloom Color: Green , BrownBloom Time: May , Jun , Jul , Aug
Bloom Notes: Perianth absent. Bloom color refers to spikelets. Bloom time refers to fruiting period.
Distribution
USA: AK , AZ , CA , CO , IA , ID , IL , IN , KS , KY , ME , MI , MN , MO , MT , ND , NE , NM , NV , NY , OH , OK , OR , PA , SD , UT , VA , VT , WA , WI , WYCanada: AB , BC , MB , ON , QC , SK , YT
Native Habitat: Wet to seasonally dry meadows, prairies, stream banks, lakeshores, springheads and seeps, openings in woodlands, ditches, roadsides, tolerant of alkaline soils.
National Wetland Indicator Status
Region: | AGCP | AK | AW | CB | EMP | GP | HI | MW | NCNE | WMVE |
Status: | FACW | FACW | UPL | FACW | FACW | FACW | FACW |
Web Reference
Webref 30 - Calflora (2018) CalfloraWebref 3 - Flora of North America (2014) Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
Webref 23 - Southwest Environmental Information Network (2009) SEINet - Arizona Chapter
Additional resources
USDA: Find Carex praegracilis in USDA PlantsFNA: Find Carex praegracilis in the Flora of North America (if available)
Google: Search Google for Carex praegracilis
Metadata
Record Modified: 2020-10-30Research By: CBR