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Cyperaceae
Carex

Carex vulpinoidea Michaux. Common name: Fox Sedge. Phenology: Jul-Aug. Habitat: Low fields, ditches, fen, seep, tidal freshwater marsh, other wet (and especially disturbed) sites. Distribution: NL (Labrador) west to BC, south to FL, TX, SON, and CA, and Mexico (MIC, OAX, SON).

Glossary (beta)

Section: [26c] Section 3 Multiflorae.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, Can, ETx1, F, FNA23, G, GrPl, K4, Mex, Mi, Mo1, NcTx, NE, NSProv, NY, Pa, POWO, RAB, S, Tat, Tn, Va, W, Mackenzie (1931-1935); > Carex setacea Dewey — Il; < Carex vulpinoidea Michx. — GW1, Tx, WH3; > Carex vulpinoidea Michx. — Il; > Carex vulpinoidea var. platycarpa — NS; > Carex vulpinoidea Michx. var. pycnocephala F.J.Herm. — NS; < Carex vulpinoidea Michx. var. vulpinoidea — C; > Carex vulpinoidea Michx. var. vulpinoidea — NS; Carex vulpinoidea Michx. Basionym: Carex vulpinoidea Michx. 1803

Links to other floras: = Carex vulpinoidea - FNA23

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACW
  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: OBL
  • Great Plains: FACW
  • Midwest: FACW
  • Northcentral & Northeast: OBL

Heliophily ⓘ: 7

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image of plant© Scott Ward; C. vulpinoidea (left), C. stipata (right) | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Joey Shaw source | Original Image ⭷
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Height: to 3 ft

plant sale text: This sedge is very widespread, found in virtually every part of the country. When planted where happy it will colonize an area, forming lovely clumps of light green foliage and, as the common name suggests, foxy spikes of flowers up to 4 inches long in early summer. This plant plays host to a number of grass skipper caterpillars as well as food source to ducks, geese, rails and sparrows. In the wild this plant is found in openings in floodplain woodlands, swamps, sedge meadows (where else?), streambanks, and (of course) ditches. May be seen in the company of boneset, joe pye, ox-eye daisies, ironweed, rushes, and golden alexander.

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native range: North America



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