Carex meadii Sedge family (Cyperaceae) Description: This perennial sedge is about ½–1¼' tall, producing both fertile and infertile shoots that are unbranched. The culm of each plant is …

Blooming earlier than other sedges, this adaptable understory plant provides some early color and a strong fibrous root system that keeps soil in place for a substantial and varied mixed …

Carex meadii is a fairly common sedge in Minnesota, found in about half the state. most often in dry to mesic prairie, grassy slopes, rock outcrops and railroad rights-of-way, occasionally in …

Carex meadii (Mead's Sedge) is a rhizomatous perennial sedge in Carex section Paniceae. The slender rhizomes of C. meadii are long and deeply set so the plants grow in loose colonies, …

Carex meadii is a wide-ranging perennial graminoid in a variety of open habitats occurring primarily in eastern and central North America from Ontario and Manitoba, Canada south to …

A sedge of fens and meadows, Mead's sedge in New England is found only in Rhode Island. The greyish-green vegetative shoots are widely scattered from long rhizomes. The carpellate …

Mead's Sedge (Carex meadii) is a valuable plant that can be scattered throughout a prairie to give green growth during the spring when all of the warm-season plants are still dormant and …

Mead’s sedge is a grass-like perennial herb with a 3-sided stem that reaches 6 to 24 inches (1.5-6 dm) in height. The leaves are linear, flat, up to 1⁄4 inch (6 mm) wide, and arise from brownish …

Carex meadii, the more wide-ranging taxon, can tolerate drier habitats. In addition to the characters in the key, C. meadii tends to be a coarser plant with more grayish green leaves, …

Carex meadii, the more wide-ranging taxon, can tolerate drier habitats. In addition to the characters in the key, C. meadii tends to be a coarser plant with more grayish green leaves, …