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Carex lutea
Carex lutea LeBlond
Sulphur Sedge, Golden Sedge
Cyperaceae (Sedge family)
Synonym(s):
USDA Symbol: CALU26
USDA Native Status: L48 (N)
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Plant Characteristics
Duration: PerennialHabit: Grass/Grass-like
Fruit Type: Achene
Size Notes: Up to about 4 feet tall.
Bloom Information
Bloom Color: Green , BrownBloom Time: May , Jun
Bloom Notes: Perianth absent. Bloom color refers to spikelets. Bloom time refers to fruiting period.
Distribution
USA: NCNative Distribution: Listed as endangered in the United States.
Native Habitat: Sandy soils over limestone, in the ecotone between longleaf pine savannas and non-riverine swamp forests, where fire has suppressed shrub dominance, on lime-rich soils.
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Threatened & Endangered Status
USFWS Species Profile: Q3HDStatus:Web Reference
Webref 3 - Flora of North America (2014) Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.Webref 114 - Golden Sedge (Carex lutea) (2020) U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Raleigh Ecological Services Field Office
Additional resources
USDA: Find Carex lutea in USDA PlantsFNA: Find Carex lutea in the Flora of North America (if available)
Google: Search Google for Carex lutea
Metadata
Record Modified: 2021-06-01Research By: CBR