Carex novae-angliae

Carex novae-angliae, the New England sedge,^[1] is a Carex species that is native to North America.

Carex novae-angliae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Cyperaceae
Genus:	Carex
Species:	C. novae-angliae
Binomial name
Carex novae-angliae Schwein.

Description

Carex novae-angliae is loosely tufted, with ascending to erect rhizomes. The rhizomes are slender and reddish-brown, and range from 1–20 mm (0.039–0.787 in) in diameter. The culms of the plant are 5–40 cm (2.0–15.7 in) long and slightly rough.^[2]

The inflorescences of the plant have both staminate and proximate spikes, with peduncles of staminate spikes 1.9–5.9 mm (0.075–0.232 in) long.^[2]

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Habitat and distribution

The plant occurs commonly in mesic deciduous forests and less commonly in evergreen-deciduous forests.^[3]

It is native to North America, but is more common in Canada and the north-eastern United States than the American Midwest or South.^[4]

Conservation status in the United States

It is listed as threatened in Michigan,^[5] and Minnesota,^[6] and as a species of special concern in Connecticut.^[7]