Carex siccata, common names including dryspike sedge, is a species of ''

Carex ''Carex'' is a vast genus of more than 2,000 species of grass-like plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges (or seg, in older books). Other members of the family Cyperaceae are also called sedges, however those of genus ''Carex'' ...

'' native to North America. It is listed as endangered in

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. , USDA Plants regards ''

Carex foenea ''Carex foenea'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Cyperaceae, native from subarctic America to the northern United States. It was first described by Carl Ludwig Willdenow Carl Ludwig Willdenow (22 August 1765 – 10 July 1812 ...

'' as a synonym of ''C. siccata'', whereas the

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regards only two varieties of ''C. foenea'' as synonyms, treating ''C. foenea'' itself as a separate species. File:Carex siccata BB-1913-1.png, Botanical illustration File:Carex siccata BB-1913-2.png, Botanical illustration File:Carex siccata BB-1913-3.png, Botanical illustration File:Budd's flora of the Canadian Prairie Provinces (1987) (20393869156).jpg, Photograph File:Carex siccata NRCS-1.jpg, Photograph

References

siccata Flora of Northern America {{Carex-stub