Carex novae-angliae
Carex novae-angliae, the New England sedge, is a Carex species that is native to North America.

Description

Carex novae-angliae is loosely tufted, with ascending to erect rhizomes. The rhizomes are slender and reddish-brown, and range from  in diameter. The culms of the plant are  long and slightly rough.

The inflorescences of the plant have both staminate and proximate spikes, with peduncles of staminate spikes  long.

Habitat and distribution

The plant occurs commonly in mesic deciduous forests and less commonly in evergreen-deciduous forests.

It is native to North America, but is more common in Canada and the north-eastern United States than the American Midwest or South.

Conservation status in the United States
It is listed  as threatened in  Michigan, and Minnesota, and as a species of special concern in Connecticut.

References

novae-angliae
Flora of Northern America