Characteristics
Carex gracillima Schwein.
graceful sedge
In most of New York, this is the most common member of section Hymenochlaenae. Fields, pastures, forests, thickets, utility rights-of-way, and dirt roads. The soils are mesic to wet-mesic or occasionally are seasonally flooded. Occurs in rich to somewhat poorer sites although it is perhaps absent from the most acidic soils.
Graminoid
Perennial
Vascular
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Native
FACU (NWPL)
FACU (NWPL EMP)
FACU (NWPL NCNE)
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Classification
Citation
Carex gracillima Schwein.
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Species Distribution Map
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