Carex arcta
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Carex arcta is a species of sedge
known by the common name
northern cluster sedge. It is native to northern North America including most of Canada and northern parts of the United States. It grows in wet areas, especially in coniferous forests. This sedge produces dense clumps of erect stems up to about 80 centimetres (31.5 in) high. The leaves are pale green to grayish, flat, and have reddish or purple-dotted sheaths at the base, and they are sometimes longer than the stems. The inflorescence
is a dense, oblong cluster of up to 15 spikes of pointed flowers, each cluster up to 3 centimetre long and each individual spike up to 1 cm (0.393700787401575 in) long. The fruit is covered in a sac called a perigynium which is greenish and veined with a reddish tip.
Carex
Carex is a genus of plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges. Other members of the Cyperaceae family are also called sedges, however those of genus Carex may be called "true" sedges, and it is the most species-rich genus in the family. The study of Carex is known as...
known by the common name
Common name
A common name of a taxon or organism is a name in general use within a community; it is often contrasted with the scientific name for the same organism...
northern cluster sedge. It is native to northern North America including most of Canada and northern parts of the United States. It grows in wet areas, especially in coniferous forests. This sedge produces dense clumps of erect stems up to about 80 centimetres (31.5 in) high. The leaves are pale green to grayish, flat, and have reddish or purple-dotted sheaths at the base, and they are sometimes longer than the stems. The inflorescence
Inflorescence
An inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a stem that is composed of a main branch or a complicated arrangement of branches. Strictly, it is the part of the shoot of seed plants where flowers are formed and which is accordingly modified...
is a dense, oblong cluster of up to 15 spikes of pointed flowers, each cluster up to 3 centimetre long and each individual spike up to 1 cm (0.393700787401575 in) long. The fruit is covered in a sac called a perigynium which is greenish and veined with a reddish tip.