Species of grass-like plant
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Carex arctata, known as drooping woodland sedge, is a species of sedge native to eastern North America. It is sometimes called black sedge, compressed sedge, or drooping wood sedge. It occurs from Manitoba to the Maritimes in Canada, south to northwestern North Carolina, and west to Minnesota. "Carex arctata" grows in bogs, hardwood forests, and spruce forests.
Taxonomy.
"Carex arctata" part of the section "Carex" sect. "Hymenochlaenae". It was first formally named by Francis Boott in 1839.
"Carex arctata" and "Carex castanea" (chestnut sedge, also in "C." sect. "Hymenochlaenae") form a hybrid known as "Carex" × "knieskernii" (Knieskern's sedge).
Conservation.
It is endangered in several states: Indiana, Ohio, and New Jersey.
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