Carex albursina

Carex albursina (White Bear sedge, blunt-scaled wood sedge)[2] is a wide-leaved sedge. It grows in moist deciduous or mixed woods in eastern North America.[3] It was named after White Bear Lake in east central Minnesota, where it was found by Edmund Sheldon in the 1890s.[4] The leaves are 10–38 mm (3⁄8–1 1⁄2 inches) wide and 10–35 cm (4–14 inches) long.[3]

White Bear sedge
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Monocots
(unranked):
Commelinids
Order:
Poales
Family:
Cyperaceae
Genus:
Carex
Section:
Laxiflorae[1]
Species:
C. albursina
Binomial name
Carex albursina
E. Sheld.
Synonyms

Carex laxiflora var. latifolia Lam.[2]

References
  1. Ball, Peter W.; Reznicek, A. A. (2002). "Carex sect. Laxiflorae". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). 23. New York and Oxford – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
  2. "Carex albursina". Flora of Wisconsin. Wisconsin State Herbarium, University of Wisconsin–Madison. Retrieved 2017-05-05.
  3. Ball, Peter W.; Reznicek, A. A. (2002). "Carex albursina". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). 23. New York and Oxford – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
  4. Chayka, Katy; Dziuk, Peter (2016). "Carex albursina (White Bear Sedge)". Minnesota Wildflowers.


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