BOTANICAL AND ECOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS
SPECIES: Carex garberi | Garber Sedge 



GENERAL BOTANICAL CHARACTERISTICS : 
Garber sedge is a native, perennial, monoecious graminoid.  It is
loosely caespitose.  Culms are 19.7 to 27.6 inches (0.5-0.7 m) tall [1],
firm, and triangular [6].  Leaves are shorter to much taller than the
culms [4], and 0.8 to 0.16 inches (2-4 mm) wide.  The terminal
inflorescence is 0.24 to 0.79 inches (6 to 20 mm) long [1].  The achene
is 0.06 inches (1.5 mm) long.  The perigynia surrounding the achene is
lenticular and 0.8 to 0.12 inches (2-3 mm) long [1].  Garber sedge is
stoloniferous or rhizomatous, the rhizome being elongated [1,6].


RAUNKIAER LIFE FORM : 
   Hemicryptophyte
   Geophyte


REGENERATION PROCESSES : 
Garber sedge sprouts from perennating buds at the base of the culms [6]
and it reproduces vegetatively by rhizomes [1].  It also reproduces by
seed [6].


SITE CHARACTERISTICS : 
Garber sedge is found in swamps, on the margins of ponds [6], and in wet
places [7].  It is found on calcareous sands, gravels, and ledges,
especially near the Great Lakes [4,10,15].  In Michigan it occurs on wet
sandy, gravelly, or marly shores, interdunal flats, rock crevices, and
at the edges of northern white-cedar (Thuja occidentalis) thickets [15].
In Maine it occurs on riverbanks [12].


SUCCESSIONAL STATUS : 
NO-ENTRY


SEASONAL DEVELOPMENT : 
Garber sedge blooms from June to August, depending on location and
subspecies [4,10,12].

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