Carex albursina

Carex albursina (White Bear sedge, blunt-scaled wood sedge)[2] is a wide-leaved sedge. It grows in moist deciduous or mixed woods in eastern North America.[3] It was named after White Bear Lake in east central Minnesota, where it was found by Edmund Sheldon in the 1890s.[4] The leaves are 10–38 mm (381 12 inches) wide and 10–35 cm (4–14 inches) long.[3]

White Bear sedge
Scientific classification
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Monocots
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Laxiflorae[1]
Species:
C. albursina
Binomial name
Carex albursina
E. Sheld.
Synonyms

Carex laxiflora var. latifolia Lam.[2]

References

  1. Ball, Peter W.; Reznicek, A. A. (2002). "Carex sect. Laxiflorae". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). 23. New York and Oxford via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
  2. "Carex albursina". Flora of Wisconsin. Wisconsin State Herbarium, University of Wisconsin–Madison. Retrieved 2017-05-05.
  3. Ball, Peter W.; Reznicek, A. A. (2002). "Carex albursina". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). 23. New York and Oxford via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
  4. Chayka, Katy; Dziuk, Peter (2016). "Carex albursina (White Bear Sedge)". Minnesota Wildflowers.


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