Question: I found this sedge yesterday on the bank of Great Brook in Milford NH (Hillsborough County). It appears to be …
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Question
I found this sedge yesterday on the bank of Great Brook in Milford NH (Hillsborough County). It appears to be Carex spaganioides. I am no sedge expert, and come from California, so it is equally possible that I am in the wrong genus. The stem was 3-sided.
Answer
Dear kkrllman, good morning. You have indeed photographed a species of Carex. The large, inflated perigynia are different from the flattened ones of Carex sparganioides. You have photographed Carex lupulina (hop sedge), an occasional species of wetlands and shorelines.
