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Carex ×aestivaliformis
Scientific Name: Carex ×aestivaliformis
Family: Cyperaceae
Category: Monocot
Growth: Graminoid
Duration: Perennial
Other Names: TN (a sedge)
Carex aestivaliformis
Also known as Small-fruited Summer Sedge, Carex aestivaliformis is a type of sedge.
Considerations for Pets
- This plant belongs to the genus *Carex*, which may have sharp edges.
Taxonomy and Nomenclature
- Scientific Name: Carex aestivaliformis Mack.
- Common Name: Small-fruited Summer Sedge
- Family: Cyperaceae (Sedge family)
- Kingdom: Plantae
- Division: Magnoliophyta (also listed as Tracheophyta and Anthophyta)
- Class: Liliopsida (also listed as Magnoliopsida and Monocotyledoneae)
- Order: Poales (also listed as Cyperales)
- Group: Monocot
- Rank: Species
- Synonyms: Carex x aestivaliformis Mack.
Distribution and Habitat
- Originally identified from collections in Massachusetts.
- Mentioned in relation to New Hampshire.
Morphological Characteristics and Growth Habits
- Habit: Graminoid
- Duration: Perennial
Ecology
- Specimens have been misidentified as hybrids, with putative parents being C. gracillima and C. virescens.
Further Information
- Information is available from the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
- Discover Life has a page about the biology, natural history, ecology, identification, and distribution of Carex aestivaliformis.
- USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database
- Illustrations found in North American Cariceae Plate 330 by Kenneth Kent Mackenzie (1940), with illustrations by Harry Charles Creutzburg.