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Plantain-leaved Sedge
Carex plantaginea

French names: Carex plantain

Family: Sedge Family (Cyperaceae)

Group: Sedges

Distinctive features: A broad-leaved sedge of the woods. Leaves have red bases.

Similar species:
  •   White Bear Sedge (Carex albursina) - Leaves don't have reddish bases.


Leaves: Resemble the leaves of some plantians.

Native/Non-native: Native

Photographs: 126 photographs available, of which 5 are featured on this page. SCROLL DOWN FOR PHOTOGRAPHS.

Range Map is at the bottom of the page

Plantain-leaved Sedge (Carex plantaginea)

Nice view of a single plant. Note the broad leaves that look like wide grass leaves.

Plantain-leaved Sedge (Carex plantaginea)

Nice clump of Plantain-leaved Sedge, mid-summer.

Plantain-leaved Sedge (Carex plantaginea)

A patch of Plantain-leaved Sedgein October.

Plantain-leaved Sedge (Carex plantaginea)

About to flower in mid-April.

Plantain-leaved Sedge (Carex plantaginea)


Range map for Plantain-leaved Sedge (Carex plantaginea)

PLEASE NOTE: A coloured Province or State means this species occurs somewhere in that Province/State.
The entire Province/State is coloured, regardless of where in that Province/State it occurs.

(Range map provided courtesy of the USDA website and is displayed here in accordance with their Policies)