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PLANTS

Woolly-fruit sedge

Carex lasiocarpa

Plants
NativeHerbPerennial
Woolly-fruit sedge, In flower
Woolly-fruit sedge, photo 2 of 5
Woolly-fruit sedge, photo 3 of 5

Perennial herbaceous plant. Grows in marshes and on the coast.

There are 121 observations of Woolly-fruit sedge in Québec, mostly in Nord-du-Québec, Côte-Nord and Estrie, and it has been reported in 14 of the 17 regions. They peak from June to August and become rare from September to April.

Through the year

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Where to see it

  1. Nord-du-Québec26
  2. Côte-Nord17
  3. Estrie13
  4. Laurentides11
  5. Outaouais10
  6. Abitibi-Témiscamingue8
  7. Bas-Saint-Laurent7
  8. Capitale-Nationale7
  9. Lanaudière5
  10. Montérégie5
  11. Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean5
  12. Chaudière-Appalaches4
  13. Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine2
  14. Montréal1

Habitat

MarshVyacheslav Argenberg
ShorelinePaulparadis

Similar species

Woolly sedgeCarex pellita
Hammer sedgeCarex hirta
Beaked sedgeCarex rostrata
Upright sedgeCarex stricta
Blister sedgeCarex vesicaria
Water sedgeCarex aquatilis
Rock sedgeCarex saxatilis
Round sedgeCarex rotundata
Grass-like sedgeCarex panicea
Houghton's sedgeCarex houghtoniana
Mud sedgeCarex limosa
Buxbaum's sedgeCarex buxbaumii