Distribution

- range by political unit - GBIF data

- known populations

Description

Fruiting period April to July

Culm height 20 - 90 cm.

Leaf 1.7 - 4.5 mm wide.

Terminal spike gynecandrous

Lateral spike gynecandrous to pistillate.

Perigynium planoconvex to flat in cross section.

Achene biconvex in cross section.

Style deciduous.

Habitat

Seepy areas, fens; alkaline to neutral soils.

Quick description

Inflorescence a congested raceme of head-like spikes.

Author and publication information for name

Carex bebbii (L. H. Bailey) Olney ex Fernald, Proc. Amer. Acad.
Arts. 37: 478. 1902.

Conservation and Wetland Status

Threatened and Endangered Status

State Status

Ohio Potentially Threatened

Wetland Status

Obligate Wetland

Synonym (s)

Carex tribuloides Wahlenberg var. bebbii L. H. Bailey, Mem.
Torrey Bot. Club 1: 55. 1889

Vernacular name

Bebb's Sedge

Section

Carex sect. Ovales

Links

Carex Interactive Identification Key

Flora Of North America treatment

Burke Museum of Natural History Image Collection

Cofrin Center for Biodiversity Herbarium

Cybersedge. Texas A&M University

Excel spreadsheet of GBIF data

References

Ball, P.W. and A.A. Reznicek. 2002. Carex
Pp. 254-572. Flora of North America, volume 23.
Oxford University Press, New York and Oxford.

Porter, P. B. National List of Plant Species That Occur in Wetlands:
1988 National Summary. http://www.fws.gov/nwi/plants.htm.
Accessed primarily in 2006.

GBIF Data Portal www.gbif.org
Oregon State University Herbarium, 04 records.
University of Kansas Plant Collection, 01 records;
WTU Herbarium vascular plant collection, 26 records;

Accessed on Oct 30 2006.

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Fruiting period	April to July
Culm height	20 - 90 cm.
Leaf	1.7 - 4.5 mm wide.
Terminal spike	gynecandrous
Lateral spike	gynecandrous to pistillate.
Perigynium	planoconvex to flat in cross section.
Achene	biconvex in cross section.
Style	deciduous.