Carex_appalachica
Carex appalachica
Species of flowering plant
Carex appalachica, the Appalachian sedge, is a species of flowering plant in the family Cyperaceae, native to eastern temperate forests of the United States and Canada.[1] The plant is wide-ranging in the American Northeast and Southern Canada while in the southern reaches of their range they are generally restricted to high elevations.[2] A member of the large genus Carex, commonly known as sedges, this species is a member of the Carex rosea complex within the subgenus Vignea.[3]