Carex blanda

{{Short description|Species of grass-like plant}}

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| image = Carex blanda 63619517.jpg

| genus = Carex

| parent = Carex sect. Laxiflorae

| species = blanda

| authority = Dewey

}}

Carex blanda, the common woodland sedge{{Minnesota Wildflowers|Carex blanda (Common Woodland Sedge)|grass-sedge-rush|common-woodland-sedge}} or eastern woodland sedge,{{PLANTS|id=CABL|taxon=Carex blanda|accessdate=16 May 2017}} is a species of sedge native to a wide variety of habitats in the eastern and central United States and Canada.{{EFloras|1|302708|Carex sect. Laxiflorae|first1=Peter W.|last1=Ball|first2=A. A. |last2=Reznicek|family=Cyperaceae}}

Its leaves are {{convert|1|-|10|mm|abbr=on|frac=32}} wide and {{convert|14|-|36|cm|in|abbr=on}} long. The stem usually has a staminate (male) spike at the tip, two pistillate (female) spikes closely clustered near it, as well as another pistillate spike lower down. The pistillate spikes have 4 to 36 perigynia each, which develop into seeds (achenes).{{EFloras|1|242357081|Carex blanda|first1=Peter W.|last1=Ball|first2=A. A. |last2=Reznicek |family=Cyperaceae}}

Carex blanda is rather common in its native range, and tends to spread aggressively, particularly in disturbed soils.