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Blue Sedge
Carex glaucodea
Carex glaucodea, the blue wood sedge or blue sedge (names it shares with other members of its genus), is a species of flowering plant in the family Cyperaceae. It is native to southern Ontario and the central and eastern United States. A rhizomatous perennial reaching 20 in (50 cm), it prefers moist soils and partial shade but can handle drier conditions and anthropogenically disturbed areas.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 204269.