Carex oligosperma

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| image = Carex oligosperma BB-1913.png

| image_caption = 1913 botanical illustration

| image2 = Carex oligosperma 15-p.bot-carex.oligo-2.jpg

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| parent = Carex sect. Vesicariae

| genus = Carex

| species = oligosperma

| authority = Michx.

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Carex oligosperma, common name fewseed sedge, few-seeded sedge, and few-fruited sedge, is a perennial plant in the Carex genus. A distinct variety, Carex oligosperma var. oligosperma, exists.{{cite web |url=https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=CAOL3|title=Plants Profile for Carex oligosperma (fewseed sedge) |website=plants.usda.gov |access-date=16 January 2018 |author=}}

Conservation status

It is a species of special concern and believed extirpated in Connecticut,{{r|ct}} It is endangered in Illinois, Massachusetts, and North Carolina, and threatened in Ohio and Pennsylvania.{{cite web |url=https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=CAOL3|title=Plants Profile for Carex oligosperma (fewseed sedge) |website=plants.usda.gov |access-date=16 January 2018 |author=}}

Native American [[ethnobotany]]

The Iroquois take a compound decoction of the plant as an emetic before running or playing lacrosse.Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 275

References

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[http://www.ct.gov/deep/lib/deep/wildlife/pdf_files/nongame/ets15.pdf "Connecticut's Endangered, Threatened and Special Concern Species 2015"]. State of Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Bureau of Natural Resources. Retrieved 12 January 2018. (Note: This list is newer than the one used by plants.usda.gov and is more up-to-date.)

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oligosperma

Category:Flora of Northern America

Category:Plants used in traditional Native American medicine