Characteristics
Carex prasina Wahlenb.
elegant drooping sedge
Mucky forested seeps, edges of small forested streams, marshes, and occasionally in rich peaty open wetlands. A characteristic plant of the edges of small slow moving streams and forested seeps. In these habitats it often forms dense linear patches.
Graminoid
Perennial
Vascular
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Native OBL (NWPL) OBL (NWPL EMP) OBL (NWPL NCNE) S5 (State Rank) G4 (Global Rank)
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Classification
Monocots
Poales
Carex prasina Wahlenb. - elegant drooping sedge
Citation
Carex prasina Wahlenb.
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Species Distribution Map

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Plant Photos
Photo by: Andrew Nelson - Rice Creek Field Sta., SUNY Oswego. Photo taken: Oswego Co., NY: 20 May 2010 - 1
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Photo by: Andrew Nelson - Rice Creek Field Sta., SUNY Oswego. Photo taken: Oswego Co., NY: 20 May 2010 - 1
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Photo by: Andrew Nelson - Rice Creek Field Sta., SUNY Oswego. Photo taken: Oswego Co., NY: 20 May 2010 - 1
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Photo by: Andrew Nelson - Rice Creek Field Sta., SUNY Oswego. Photo taken: Oswego Co., NY: 15 Jun 2010 - 1
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