Carex hirtifolia

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

{{Use Canadian English |date=March 2015}}

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|genus=Carex

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|parent=Carex sect. Hirtifoliae

|parent_authority=Reznicek

|species=hirtifolia

|authority=Mack.

|synonyms=*Carex pubescens Muhl. ex Willd., non Poir.

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Carex hirtifolia, the pubescent sedge, is a species of sedge native to northeastern North America. It is the only species in Carex section Hirtifoliae.{{cite book |author=Edward W. Chester |year=2009 |title=A Fifth Checklist of Tennessee Vascular Plants |publisher=BRIT Press |isbn=9781889878263}}{{cite book |author=Peter W. Ball |chapter=Carex Linnaeus section Hirtifoliae Reznicek, Novon. 11: 458. 2001 |series=Flora of North America |volume=23 |title=Magnoliophyta: Commelinidae (in part): Cyperaceae |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-515207-4 |chapter-url=http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=302702}} The entire plant is distinctively covered soft hairs.{{cite book |author=Andrew L. Hipp |year=2008 |title=Field Guide to Wisconsin Sedges: an Introduction to the Genus Carex (Cyperaceae) |publisher=University of Wisconsin Press |isbn=9780299225933 |pages=56 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=c-p-_UvCwwAC&pg=PA56}}