Carex festucacea

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Cladus: Commelinids
Ordo: Poales

Familia: Cyperaceae
Subfamilia: Cyperoideae
Tribus: Cariceae
Genus: Carex
Species: Carex festucacea
Name

Carex festucacea Willd., Sp. Pl., ed. 4, 4: 242 (1805).
Synonyms

Homotypic
Vignea festucacea (Willd.) Rchb. in J.C.Mössler & H.G.L.Reichenbach, Handb. Gewächsk. ed. 2, 3: 1614 (1830).
Carex straminea var. festucacea (Willd.) Gay, Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 2, 10: 364 (1838).

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America
Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Masachusettes, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References
Primary references

Willdenow, C.L. 1805. Species Plantarum. Editio quarta. Tomus 4, pars 1. pp. [1]–629. Berolini: G.C. Nauk. BHL Biblioteca Digital Reference page. : 242.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Carex festucacea in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Jan 18. Reference page. 
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Carex festucacea. Published online. Accessed: Jan 18 2020.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Carex festucacea in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Jan 18. Reference page. 
Tropicos.org 2020. Carex festucacea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 18 Jan 2020.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Carex festucacea in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 13 Aug 2006.

Vernacular names
English: fescue sedge

Carex festucacea, or fescue sedge, is a species of sedge that lives in eastern North America. It has been described as "a soft, gray green, wisp, to 2', with narrow leaves and somewhat taller stems, topped by an interrupted spike, with lower spikelets, shaped a bit like an overflowing ice cream cone. The spike axis is often arched at the summit, but the alternating spikelets around the axis create a zig zag appearance. The seed sacs have a humped shoulder."[1]
References

Dick Young (1994). Kane County Wild Plants & Natural Areas (2nd ed.).