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Carex vulpinoidea

Carex vulpinoidea Michx.

fox sedge

Carex vulpinoidea (Fox Sedge)
Image ID: 13430
Image by: Sorrie, Bruce A.
Image Collection: NCBG Digital Library

PLANT INDEX

ID_PLANT: CAVU2
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Carex vulpinoidea
Include in WOTAS: 1
Publish to Web: 1
Last Modified: 2023-09-23

GENUS INDEX

GENUS CODE: CAREX
GENUS SCIENTIFIC: Carex
GENUS AUTHORITY: L.
GENUS COMMON: Sedge
GENUS SUMMARY: (by Alan S. Weakley and Bruce A. Sorrie)
GENUS IDENTIFICATION: Identification notes: All species of this section in our area form large clonal colonies by rhizomes.
GENUS REFERENCES: Mackenzie (1931-1935)=M; Ball & Reznicek in FNA (2002b); Goetghebeur in Kubitzki (1998b); Frye & Lea (2001). Key to sections adapted closely from FNA.

FAMILY INDEX

FAMILY CODE: CYPERA
FAMILY SCIENTIFIC: Cyperaceae
FAMILY AUTHORITY: A.L. de Jussieu 1789
FAMILY COMMON: Sedge Family
FAMILY SUMMARY: A family of about 100 genera and 5000 species, mostly herbs, cosmopolitan.
FAMILY REFERENCE: Ball, Reznicek, & Murray in FNA (2002b); Muasya et al. (2009); Tucker (1987); Goetghebeur in Kubitzki (1998b).

NCBG DESCRIPTIVES

INTRO:
STEMS:
LEAVES:
INFLORESCENCE:
FLOWERS:
FRUITS:
COMMENTS:
HEIGHT: to 3 ft

DURATION: Perennial
HABIT: Grass/Grasslike

LEAF ARRANGEMENT: Alternate, Basal
LEAF COMPLEXITY: Simple
LEAF RETENTION:

FLORAL CHARACTERISTICS
SYMMETRY:
BLOOM TIME: Jul-Aug
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
x x x x

BLOOM COLOR:
White Red Pink Orange Yellow Green Blue Lavender Purple Violet Brown Not Applicable
x x

FRUITING PERIOD:

DISTRIBUTION
HABITAT TYPE:
NATIVE RANGE: North America

HORTICULTURAL
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.

Bloom Table Text:

NCBG Location:

Cultural Notes:

SOIL MOISTURE: Average, Moist/Wet
LIGHT EXPOSURE: Sun, Part Shade
MINIMUM HARDINESS ZONE: 3
MAXIMUM HARDINESS ZONE: 10
GERMINATION CODE:
WILDLIFE VALUE: Butterfly Friendly
DEER RESISTANCE:

GRIM COLLECTIONS

Coll_id Project Collection date Collector Action
408 SOS 2015-06-25 Maynard View
653 SOS 2016-07-12 Flood View
2667 NPMD 2022-07-13 Marzolf View

GRIM ACCESSIONS

acc_id acc_num acc_dt coll_id Action
4087 1992-0243 View
5585 1995-0709 View
6000 1995-1131 View
6608 1996-0243 View

GRIM PLANTINGS

plt_num acc_id loc_num pers_num inst_dt Action
6415 4087 200 NCBG staff 1993-03-01 View
8099 5585 204 NCBG staff 1993-01-01 View
8600 6000 2 NCBG staff 1992-01-01 View
9333 6608 27 NCBG staff 1996-08-22 View

USDA PLANTS DATABASE

USDA Symbol: CAVU2
USDA Common Name: Fox Sedge
Native Status: L48 (N), CAN (N), SPM (N)
Distribution: USA (AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY), CAN (AB, BC, LB, MB, NB, NF, NS, ON, PE, QC, SK), FRA (SP
Duration: Perennial
Growth Habit: Graminoid

NATIONAL WETLAND INDICATOR STATUS

Region:AGCPAKAWCBEMPGPHIMWNCNEWMVE
Status: FACW OBL OBL FACW FACW OBL OBL

This information is derived from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 2016 National Wetland Plant List, Version 3.3 (Lichvar, R.W., D.L. Banks, W.N. Kirchner, and N.C. Melvin. 2016. The National Wetland Plant List: 2016 wetland ratings. Phytoneuron 2016-30: 1-17. Published 28 April 2016. ISSN 2153 733X). Regions: AGCP-Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain, AK-Alaska, AW-Arid West, CB-Caribbean, EMP-Eastern Mountains and Piedmont, GP-Great Plains, HI-Hawaii, MW-Midwest, NCNE-Northcentral and Northeast, WMCV-Western Mountains, Valleys & Coast

WEAKLEY FLORA

SCIENTIFIC NAME: Carex vulpinoidea
COMMON NAME: Fox Sedge
SYNONYMY: [= F, FNA, G, M, Pa, RAB, S, Tn, Va, W; < C. vulpinoidea var. vulpinoidea - C, K; < C. vulpinoidea - GW, WH3 (also see C. annectens and C. triangularis)]
PHENOLOGY: Jul-Aug.
HABITAT: Low fields, ditches, fens, seeps, tidal freshwater marshes, other wet (and especially disturbed) sites.
COMMENTS: NL (Labrador) west to BC, south to FL, TX, Sonora, and CA.
RANGE MAP:

Key to Map Symbols
ABOUT FAMILY (Weakley Flora)
Cyperaceae A.L. de Jussieu 1789 (Sedge Family)
SUMMARY: A family of about 100 genera and 5000 species, mostly herbs, cosmopolitan.
REFERENCE: Ball, Reznicek, & Murray in FNA (2002b); Muasya et al. (2009); Tucker (1987); Goetghebeur in Kubitzki (1998b).
ABOUT GENUS (Weakley Flora)
Carex L. (Sedge)
SUMMARY: (by Alan S. Weakley and Bruce A. Sorrie)
REFERENCE: Mackenzie (1931-1935)=M; Ball & Reznicek in FNA (2002b); Goetghebeur in Kubitzki (1998b); Frye & Lea (2001). Key to sections adapted closely from FNA.

HERBARIUM RESOURCES

SERNEC: Find Carex vulpinoidea in Southeast Regional Network of Experts and Collections (if available)
UNC SERNEC: Find Carex vulpinoidea in University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Herbarium - Southeast Regional Network of Experts and Collections (if available)

WEB RESOURCES

USDA: Find Carex vulpinoidea in USDA Plants
NPIN: Find Carex vulpinoidea in NPIN Database
FNA: Find Carex vulpinoidea in the Flora of North America (if available)
Google: Search Google for Carex vulpinoidea

IMAGE USE RECORDS

ID IMAGE: 13430 - Primary Image FloraQuest Plant Detail Page (Landscape Preferred)
ID IMAGE1: 13430 - Primary Image WOTAS
ID IMAGE2: 13430 - Secondary Image WOTAS
ID IMAGE3: 13430 - Primary Image Plant Sale Sign (Landscape Only)
ID IMAGE4: 0 - Primary Image New Plant Sale Label (Portrait Only)

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