Question: Sedge growing in open woods, Lincoln, Massachusetts. Flowers are drooping when not supported for the closeup. Sharing habitat with a …
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Question
Sedge growing in open woods, Lincoln, Massachusetts. Flowers are drooping when not supported for the closeup. Sharing habitat with a member of Carex section Phaestoglochin, to its left in the wide shot.
Answer
Dear jfc, you have photographed a member of Carex section Hymenochlaenae. These are sometimes colloquially referred to as the "green danglers". It looks like Carex gracillima, a common species throughout much of New England. The perigynia morphology and gynecandrous terminal spike point to this species.
