Carex_bromoides

<i>Carex bromoides</i>

Carex bromoides

Species of grass-like plant

Carex bromoides, known as brome-like sedge,[1] brome-sedge,[2] and dropseed of the woods,[3] is a species of sedge in the genus Carex. It is native to North America.

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Taxonomy

Carex bromoides was described by Carl Ludwig Willdenow in 1805.[4] It has two accepted subspecies:[5][6]

  • Carex bromoides subsp. bromoides — broadly distributed across eastern North America
  • Carex bromoides subsp. montana Naczi — restricted to Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina

Carex bromoides subsp. montana has larger features including wider culms and leaf blades, as well as proportionately longer perigynium beaks.[6]

Distribution and habitat

Carex bromoides ranges across most of eastern North America, including Mexico, the United States, and Canada.[6] It is found primarily in wooded wetland habitats, occasionally in wet meadows.[7][6]

References

  1. [1]
    USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Carex bromoides". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 2018-10-05.
  2. [2]
    Diblik, Roy (2014). The Know Maintenance Perennial Garden. Timber Press. ISBN 9781604695977.
  3. [3]
    "Harms Flatwoods". www.northbranchrestoration.org. North Branch Restoration Project. Archived from the original on 2017-08-17. Retrieved 2018-10-05.
  4. [4]
    "Carex bromoides Willd". ipni.org. International Plant Names Index. Retrieved 2018-10-05.
  5. [5]
    "Carex bromoides". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanical Gardens Kew. Retrieved 2018-10-05.
  6. [6]
    Flora of North America Editorial Committee, ed. (2002). "Carex bromoides". Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). Vol. 23. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press. Retrieved 2018-10-05 – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
  7. [7]
    Reznicek, A. A.; Voss, E. G.; Walters, B. S., eds. (February 2011). "Carex bromoides". Michigan Flora Online. University of Michigan Herbarium. Retrieved 2018-10-05.
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