''Carex appalachica'', the Appalachian sedge, is a species of flowering plant in the 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 ...

, native to the

Appalachian Mountains The Appalachian Mountains, often called the Appalachians, (french: Appalaches), are a system of mountains in eastern to northeastern North America. The Appalachians first formed roughly 480 million years ago during the Ordovician Period. They ...

of the United States and Canada. It is a member of the ''

Carex rosea ''Carex rosea'', the rosy sedge, is a flowering plant and part of the family Cyperaceae. Synonyms for ''Carex rosea'' include ''Carex concoluta'', and ''Carex flaccidula''. It is native to central and eastern North America and it exists in wet to ...

species group In biology, a species complex is a group of closely related organisms that are so similar in appearance and other features that the boundaries between them are often unclear. The taxa in the complex may be able to hybridize readily with each oth ...

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appalachica Flora of Ontario Flora of Quebec Flora of Maine Flora of Vermont Flora of New Hampshire Flora of Massachusetts Flora of New York (state) Flora of Connecticut Flora of Ohio Flora of Pennsylvania Flora of New Jersey Flora of Kentucky Flora of West Virginia Flora of Virginia Flora of Maryland Flora of Washington, D.C. Flora of Tennessee Flora of North Carolina Flora of South Carolina Flora of Alabama Flora of Georgia (U.S. state) Plants described in 1979 Flora without expected TNC conservation status {{Carex-stub