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Carex amphibola, photographed by an iNaturalist contributor
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#1949 most planted

Carex amphibola

Gray sedge · also Eastern narrowleaf sedge, Amphibious sedge, Eastern narrow-leaved sedge

13
trees mapped
0.00%
of all named trees
1
city
2.1 yr
median age (100% have a planting date)

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Carex amphibola, also known as gray sedge, is a perennial flowering plant native to the eastern United States and Canada. It typically grows in mesic deciduous forests, often found in loamy areas near streams. This sedge is sometimes confused with Carex grisea due to similar appearances.

Where it grows

Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.

  1. Boston · United States
    132.1 yr—

Native range

Terrestrial ecoregions where this species is native. Trees in the dataset mostly stand well outside it.

Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests

  • Mississippi lowland forests
  • New England-Acadian forests

Other Carex in the catalogue

3 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.

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