Ontario Grasses website

White Bear Sedge
Carex albursina

Other common names: Blunt-scaled Wood Sedge

French names: Carex de l'ours-blanc

Family: Sedge Family (Cyperaceae)

Group: Sedges

Similar species:
  •   Plantain-leaved Sedge (Carex plantaginea) - Leaves have reddish bases.


Leaves: Do not have reddish bases.

Habitat: Forests

Native/Non-native: Native

Photographs: 30 photographs available, of which 6 are featured on this page. SCROLL DOWN FOR PHOTOGRAPHS.

Range Map is at the bottom of the page

White Bear Sedge (Carex albursina)

View of the entire plant.

White Bear Sedge (Carex albursina)

A couple plants at the base of a tree in the woods.

White Bear Sedge (Carex albursina)

White Bear Sedge (Carex albursina)

White Bear Sedge (Carex albursina)

White Bear Sedge (Carex albursina)

The base of the stems of White Bear Sedge is red.


Range map for White Bear Sedge (Carex albursina)

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)