Carex muehlenbergii
{{Short description|Species of grass-like plant}}
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| image = Carex muehlenbergii BB-1913.png
| genus = Carex
| species = muehlenbergii
| authority = Willd.
| synonyms ={{Collapsible list|
- Carex muehlenbergii var. muehlenbergii
- Carex pinetorum Willd. ex Kunth
- Carex piniaria Bosc ex Boott
- Vignea muhlenbergii (Willd.) Raf.
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Carex muehlenbergii is a species of flowering plant, it is a type of sedge. It is a grass-like plant in the family Cyperaceae. Its common names include sand sedge,{{Cite web|title=Sand Sedge (Carex muehlenbergii)|url=http://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/grasses/plants/sand_sedge.html|access-date=2021-01-18|website=www.illinoiswildflowers.info}} Muhlenberg's sedge.{{Cite web|title=Carex muehlenbergii (Muhlenberg's Sedge): Minnesota Wildflowers|url=https://www.minnesotawildflowers.info/grass-sedge-rush/muhlenbergs-sedge|access-date=2021-01-18|website=www.minnesotawildflowers.info|language=en}}
Description
Carex muehlenbergii is a perennial monocot growing 20–90 cm tall. Plants form tufts of foliage arising from a short, dark, woody rhizome.Robert H. Mohlenbrock. [https://books.google.com/books?id=NOA4mUNE7y8C&pg=PA339 Sedges: Carex]. SIU Press; 21 April 2011. {{ISBN|978-0-8093-8627-7}}. p. 339–. The Inflorescences have 3–10 flower spikes,{{Cite web|title=Carex muehlenbergii in Flora of North America @ efloras.org|url=http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=242357343|access-date=2021-01-18|website=www.efloras.org}} is green or yellow or brown in color.{{Cite web|title=Carex muehlenbergii var. enervis|url=http://www.southeasternflora.com/view_flora.php?plantid=2014|access-date=2021-01-19|website=www.southeasternflora.com}}
Distribution and habitat
Carex muehlenbergii lives in dray sandy fields, on dunes, banks, and at the edges of oak and aspen forests,[https://books.google.com/books?id=Fko_DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA121 Field Manual of Michigan Flora]. University of Michigan Press; 8 February 2012. {{ISBN|978-0-472-11811-3}}. p. 121–. it also found in dry woods and on sand prairies.Robert H. Mohlenbrock. [https://books.google.com/books?id=Hid6CgAAQBAJ&pg=PA400 Vascular Flora of Illinois: A Field Guide, Fourth Edition]. Southern Illinois University Press; 6 December 2013. {{ISBN|978-0-8093-3209-0}}. p. 400–.
It is listed as a threatened species in the US states of Maine and Vermont.{{Cite web|title=Plants Profile for Carex muehlenbergii (Muhlenberg's sedge)|url=https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=CAMU4|access-date=2021-01-18|website=plants.usda.gov}}
There are two varieties in North America:
- Carex muehlenbergii var. enervis Boott
- Which is different than the other variety by having smaller carpellate scales and smaller perigynia, it also lacks veins on the adaxial side of the perigynium.Arthur Haines. [https://books.google.com/books?id=RKKWVwC_sdoC&pg=PA142 New England Wild Flower Society's Flora Novae Angliae: A Manual for the Identification of Native and Naturalized Higher Vascular Plants of New England]. Yale University Press; 8 November 2011. {{ISBN|0-300-17154-4}}. p. 142–.
- Carex muehlenbergii var. muehlenbergii