Characteristics
Carex grisea Wahlenb.
gray sedge
Floodplain forests, forested banks of streams and rivers, seepy areas, and mesic forested slopes. Mostly in association with floodplains in deep alluvium but occasionally occurring up slope in thinner soils. Perhaps more common but not restricted to calcareous soils.
Graminoid
Perennial
Vascular
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Native FACU (NWPL EMP) FAC (NWPL NCNE) S5 (State Rank) G5? (Global Rank)
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Classification
Monocots
Poales
Carex grisea Wahlenb. - gray sedge
Citation
Carex grisea 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: 26 May 2010 - 1
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Photo by: Andrew Nelson - Rice Creek Field Sta., SUNY Oswego. Photo taken: Oswego Co., NY: 26 May 2010 - 1
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