Carex squarrosa

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

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|image=Carex squarrosa kz4.jpg

|image_caption=Habit

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|image2_caption=Botanical illustration

|genus=Carex

|species=squarrosa

|authority=L.Sp. Pl.: 973 (1753)

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• Carex squarrosa f. robusta Peck
• Carex squarrosa var. typhinoides (Schwein.) Dewey
• Carex typhinoides Schwein.
• Vignea squarrosa (L.) Rchb.

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Carex squarrosa is a species of sedge (genus Carex), native to the central and eastern United States, and Ontario in Canada.{{cite web |url=http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:330927-2 |title=Carex squarrosa L. |author= |date=2017 |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=2 February 2021 }} It is typically found in bottomland hardwood forests and other wet habitats.{{cite journal |title=Successional dynamics of an Appalachian pin oak (Quercus palustris Münchh.) swamp forest |year=2020 |last1=Saladyga |first1=Thomas |last2=Vanderhorst |first2=James |last3=Cline |first3=John |journal=The Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society |volume=147 |page=22 |doi=10.3159/TORREY-D-19-00023.1 |s2cid=215769591 }}