Carex virescens

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

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|image=Carex virescens BB-1913.png

|image_caption=Botanical illustration

|genus=Carex

|species=virescens

|authority=Muhl. ex Willd.

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|synonyms=

• Carex costata {{small|Schwein.}}
• Carex virescens var. costata {{small|Dewey}}
• Carex virescens var. enormis {{small|Farw.}}
• Olamblis virescens {{small|(Muhl. ex Willd.) Raf.}}

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Carex virescens, the ribbed sedge, is a species of flowering plant in the family Cyperaceae, native to eastern North America.{{cite POWO |id=20008078-1 |title=Carex virescens Muhl. ex Willd. |access-date=17 October 2022 }}

{{cite web |url=https://gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org/species/carex/virescens |title=Carex virescens — ribbed sedge |author= |date=2022 |website=Go Botany (3.8) |publisher=Native Plant Trust |access-date=17 October 2022 }} It strongly resembles and has nearly the same range as Carex swanii.{{cite journal |title=Evaluating the Taxonomic Status of the Globally Rare Carex roanensis and Allied Species Using Morphology and Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphisms |year=2008 |last1=Smith |first1=Tyler W. |last2=Waterway |first2=Marcia J. |journal=Systematic Botany |volume=33 |issue=3 |pages=525–535 |doi=10.1600/036364408785679824 |s2cid=85650261 }}

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