Cyperaceae
Pennsylvania sedge
Carex pensylvanica
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Carex
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Carex pensylvanicaCyperaceae
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Common names
By language (2)
- English
- Pennsylvania sedge
- Persian
- کارکس پنسیلوانیکا
Synonyms
- Carex marginata Muhl. ex Willd.
- Carex pensylvanica f. androgyna C.F.Wheeler ex F.J.Herm.
- Carex pensylvanica f. bracteata Peck
- Carex pensylvanica f. glumabunda (Peck) Kük.
- Carex pensylvanica f. gracilifolia (Peck) Kük.
- Carex pensylvanica f. latifolia Kük.
- Carex pensylvanica f. paleacea Peck
- Carex pensylvanica f. pensylvanica
- Carex pensylvanica var. angustifolia Peck
- Carex pensylvanica var. glumabunda Peck
- Carex pensylvanica var. gracilifolia Peck
- Carex pensylvanica var. livoniensis Farw.
- Carex pensylvanica var. marginata Dewey
- Carex pensylvanica var. pensylvanica
- Carex pensylvanica var. pinicola M.E.Jones
- Carex subbiflora Steud.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.