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Carex jamesii Schwein.

Carex jamesii Schwein.

Carex jamesii
Photo: Jason Sturner from Knoxville, Tennessee, USA · CC BY 2.0

Carex jamesii Schwein.. Carex jamesii, known as James's sedge or grass sedge, is a species of sedge native to North America from Minnesota east to New York and south to Oklahoma and South Carolina. It occurs in mesic hardwood forests and produces fruits from early May to mid July. It has two to four perigynia that are subtended by leaf-like pistillate scales. Its seeds are dispersed by ants.

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Native range

Native range not recorded for this plant. Often a non-native cultivar or naturalized garden plant.

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