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Carex shortiana
Carex shortiana Dewey
Short's Sedge
Cyperaceae (Sedge family)
Synonym(s):
USDA Symbol: CASH2
USDA Native Status: L48 (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
Bloom Notes: Perianth absent. Bloom color refers to spikelets. Bloom time refers to fruiting period.
Distribution
USA: AR , DC , IA , IL , IN , KS , KY , MD , MO , NY , OH , OK , PA , TN , VA , WVCanada: ON
Native Habitat: Rich woods at bases of slopes, swampy woods and thickets, wet open ground such as spring-fed meadows, prairie swales, pond margins, streams and ditches, particularly characteristic of bottomlands, often in calcareous soils.
National Wetland Indicator Status
Region: | AGCP | AK | AW | CB | EMP | GP | HI | MW | NCNE | WMVE |
Status: | FACW | FAC | FACW | FACW |
Web Reference
Webref 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 shortiana in USDA PlantsFNA: Find Carex shortiana in the Flora of North America (if available)
Google: Search Google for Carex shortiana
Metadata
Record Modified: 2020-10-30Research By: CBR