Carex tribuloides

{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}

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|image=Carex tribuloides NRCS-1.jpg

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|genus=Carex

|species=tribuloides

|authority=Wahlenb.Kongl. Vetensk. Acad. Nya Handl. 24: 145 (1803)

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• Carex cristata var. reducta (L.H.Bailey) Kük.
• Carex lagopodioides Willd.
• Carex lagopodioides var. moniliformis Olney ex L.H.Bailey
• Carex sangamonensis (Clokey) Mohlenbr.
• Carex scoparia var. lagopodioides (Willd.) Torr.
• Carex tribuloides f. aggregata Peck
• Carex tribuloides var. reducta L.H.Bailey
• Carex tribuloides var. turbata L.H.Bailey
• Vignea lagopodioides (Willd.) Rchb.

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Carex tribuloides, the blunt broom sedge, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Carex, native to the eastern United States, eastern Canada, and Veracruz in Mexico, and introduced in Sweden.{{cite web |url=http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:298144-2 |title=Carex tribuloides Wahlenb. |author= |date=2017 |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=21 January 2021 }}{{cite web |url=https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=CATR7 |title=Plant profile for Carex tribuloides Wahlenb. blunt broom sedge |author= |date= |website=Plants Database |publisher=USDA |access-date=21 January 2021 }} It is an important food for soras (Porzana carolina) during their spring migration.{{cite journal |title=Feeding Ecology of Migrant Soras in Southeastern Missouri |last1=Rundle |first1=W. Dean |last2=Sayre |first2=Mark W. |journal=The Journal of Wildlife Management |year=1983 |volume=47 |issue=4 |pages=1153–1159 |doi=10.2307/3808182 |jstor=3808182 }}