BOTANICAL AND ECOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS
SPECIES: Carex concinna | Low Northern Sedge 



GENERAL BOTANICAL CHARACTERISTICS : 
Low northern sedge is a native, perennial, monoecious graminoid [8].  It
is loosely caespitose [5].  Culms are 2 to 8 inches (5 to 20 cm) tall
[1] and triangular [8].  Leaves are mostly basal, five to nine per culm
[9], 2 to 4 inches (5 to 10 cm) long, and 0.04 to 0.12 inches (1-3 mm)
wide [7].  Inflorescences are both terminal and lateral and 0.12 to 0.28
inches (3 to 7 mm) long [5].  The achene is 0.06 inches (1.5 mm) long
[8].  The perigynia surrounding the achene is obtusely triangular and
0.12 inches (3 mm) long [1].  Low northern sedge has slender, scaly,
often long rhizomes or stolons [1,9,10].


RAUNKIAER LIFE FORM : 
   Hemicryptophyte
   Geophyte


REGENERATION PROCESSES : 
Low northern sedge sprouts from perennating buds at the base of the
culms [8] and from rhizomes [10].  It also reproduces by seed [9].


SITE CHARACTERISTICS : 
Low northern sedge is found in forests [10], open woods [3], and
clearings [9].  It occurs on stony, dry [8,10], often calcareous soils
[5,9,10,15].

In the Rocky Mountains and Colorado Basin, low northern sedge is found in
rich, peaty soils chiefly in calcareous areas at elevations of 5,000 to
11,000 feet (1,524-3,353 m) [9].


SUCCESSIONAL STATUS : 
NO-ENTRY


SEASONAL DEVELOPMENT : 
Low northern sedge blooms in June and July in the north-central and
northeastern United States and adjacent Canada [5].

Related categories for Species: Carex concinna | Low Northern Sedge