Carex trichocarpa Willd.

  • Authority

    Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.

  • Family

    Cyperaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Carex trichocarpa Willd.

  • Description

    Species Description - Much like no. 208 [Carex atherodes Spreng.], avg more slender; sheaths globose, the mouth deeply concave and strongly purple-tinged; blades glabrous or merely scabrous; perigynia loosely short- white-hairy. Marshes and wet meadows; Que. to Minn., s. to Del., N.C., W.Va., Ind., and Mo. C. caesariensis Mack., of s. N.J., appears to be a hybrid with C. pellita.