Carex albursina

White Bear sedge
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Cyperaceae
Genus:	Carex
Subgenus:	Carex subg. Carex
Section:	Carex sect. Laxiflorae
Species:	C. albursina
Binomial name
Carex albursina E. Sheld.
Synonyms
Carex laxiflora var. latifolia Lam. [1]

Carex albursina, commonly known as the White bear sedge or blunt-scaled wood sedge, ^[1] is a wide-leaved sedge that typically grows in moist deciduous or mixed woods in eastern North America. ^[2] It was named after White Bear Lake in east central Minnesota, where it was discovered by Edmund Sheldon in the 1890s. ^[3] The leaves are 10–38 mm (3⁄8–1+1⁄2 inches) wide and 10–35 cm (4–14 inches) long. ^[2]

References

1. "Carex albursina". Flora of Wisconsin. Wisconsin State Herbarium, University of Wisconsin–Madison . Retrieved 2017-05-05.
2. Ball, Peter W.; Reznicek, A. A. (2002). "Carex albursina". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). Vol. 23. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
3. Chayka, Katy; Dziuk, Peter (2016). "Carex albursina (White Bear Sedge)". Minnesota Wildflowers.

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