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Carex muehlenbergii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Cyperaceae
Genus:	Carex
Species:	C. muehlenbergii
Binomial name
Carex muehlenbergii Willd.
Synonyms
List Carex muehlenbergii var. muehlenbergii Carex pinetorum Willd. ex Kunth Carex piniaria Bosc ex Boott Vignea muhlenbergii (Willd.) Raf.

Carex muehlenbergii is a species of flowering plant, it is a type of sedge. It is a grass-like plant in the family Cyperaceae. Its common names include sand sedge, Muhlenberg's sedge.

Description

Carex muehlenbergii is a perennial monocot growing 20–90 cm tall. Plants form tufts of foliage arising from a short, dark, woody rhizome. The Inflorescences have 3–10 flower spikes, is green or yellow or brown in color.

Distribution and habitat

Carex muehlenbergii lives in dray sandy fields, on dunes, banks, and at the edges of oak and aspen forests, it also found in dry woods and on sand prairies.

It is listed as a threatened species in the US states of Maine and Vermont.

There are two varieties in North America:

• Carex muehlenbergii var. enervis Boott
  • Which is different than the other variety by having smaller carpellate scales and smaller perigynia, it also lacks veins on the adaxial side of the perigynium.
• Carex muehlenbergii var. muehlenbergii

References

1. "Carex muehlenbergii Willd". www.worldfloraonline.org. Retrieved 2021-01-18.
2. "Sand Sedge (Carex muehlenbergii)". www.illinoiswildflowers.info. Retrieved 2021-01-18.
3. "Carex muehlenbergii (Muhlenberg's Sedge): Minnesota Wildflowers". www.minnesotawildflowers.info. Retrieved 2021-01-18.
4. Robert H. Mohlenbrock. Sedges: Carex. SIU Press; 21 April 2011. ISBN 978-0-8093-8627-7. p. 339–.
5. ^ "Carex muehlenbergii in Flora of North America @ efloras.org". www.efloras.org. Retrieved 2021-01-18.
6. "Carex muehlenbergii var. enervis". www.southeasternflora.com. Retrieved 2021-01-19.
7. Field Manual of Michigan Flora. University of Michigan Press; 8 February 2012. ISBN 978-0-472-11811-3. p. 121–.
8. Robert H. Mohlenbrock. Vascular Flora of Illinois: A Field Guide, Fourth Edition. Southern Illinois University Press; 6 December 2013. ISBN 978-0-8093-3209-0. p. 400–.
9. "Plants Profile for Carex muehlenbergii (Muhlenberg's sedge)". plants.usda.gov. Retrieved 2021-01-18.
10. Arthur Haines. New England Wild Flower Society's Flora Novae Angliae: A Manual for the Identification of Native and Naturalized Higher Vascular Plants of New England. Yale University Press; 8 November 2011. ISBN 0-300-17154-4. p. 142–.

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