Distribution

- range by political unit - GBIF data

- known populations

Description

Fruiting period May to August.

Culm height 30 - 80 (100) cm.

Leaf 2 -4 mm wide.

Terminal spike gynecandrous.

Lateral spike pistillate to gynecandrous.

Perigynium
circular to biconvex in cross section.

Achene trigonous in cross section.

Style deciduous.

Dry to seasonally wet woodlands.

Pubescent perigynia; looks like a "stretched out" Carex swanii

Carex virescens Muhlenburg ex Willdenow, Sp. Pl. 4(1): 251. 1805.

Ribbed Sedge

Carex sect. Porocystis

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.

GBIF Data Portal www.gbif.org
Missouri Botanical Garden, 06 records;
University of Alabama, 03 records.
Accessed on Oct 11 2006.

Fruiting period	May to August.
Culm height	30 - 80 (100) cm.
Leaf	2 -4 mm wide.
Terminal spike	gynecandrous.
Lateral spike	pistillate to gynecandrous.
Perigynium	circular to biconvex in cross section.
Achene	trigonous in cross section.
Style	deciduous.