''Carex albicans'', commonly called whitetinge sedge,
is a species of flowering plant in the sedge family (
Cyperaceae
The Cyperaceae are a family of graminoid (grass-like), monocotyledonous flowering plants known as sedges. The family is large, with some 5,500 known species described in about 90 genera, the largest being the "true sedges" genus ''Carex'' w ...
). It is native to the eastern North America, where it is found in
Canada and the
United States.
[Flora of North America, ''Carex albicans'' var. ''albicans'']
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''Carex albicans'' is a perennial graminoid
In botany and ecology, graminoid refers to a herbaceous plant with a grass-like morphology, i.e. elongated culms with long, blade-like leaves. They are contrasted to forbs, herbaceous plants without grass-like features.
The plants most ofte ...
. It produces fruits in early spring, which are dispersed in part by ants.[Flora of North America, ''Carex'' sect. ''Acrocystis'']
/ref> Two species in this section, '' Carex emmonsii'' and '' Carex physorhyncha'', have historically been treated as varieties of ''Carex albicans'' due to the three taxa's strong morphological and biochemical similarities.[ However, modern treatments of the 2010s often separate them at the species level.]
References
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albicans