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PLANTS

Blister sedge

Carex vesicaria

Plants
NativeHerbPerennialGreen flowers
Blister sedge, photo 1 of 5
Blister sedge, In flower
Blister sedge, In fruit
91 cmHeight

Perennial herbaceous plant reaching 91 cm. Grows in fields and in forests.

There are 462 observations of Blister sedge in Québec, mostly in Côte-Nord, Nord-du-Québec and Estrie, and it has been reported in every region. They peak in July and become rare from October to May.

Through the year

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Where to see it

  1. Côte-Nord77
  2. Nord-du-Québec62
  3. Estrie58
  4. Laurentides47
  5. Abitibi-Témiscamingue46
  6. Outaouais45
  7. Montérégie22
  8. Chaudière-Appalaches20
  9. Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean19
  10. Capitale-Nationale17
  11. Lanaudière16
  12. Mauricie11
  13. Centre-du-Québec9
  14. Bas-Saint-Laurent8
  15. Laval2
  16. Montréal2
  17. Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine1

Habitat

ForestMario Hains
FieldsHubert Figuière
MarshVyacheslav Argenberg

Similar species

Beaked sedgeCarex rostrata
Northwest Territory sedgeCarex utriculata
Hammer sedgeCarex hirta
Cypress-like sedgeCarex pseudocyperus
Wheat sedgeCarex atherodes
Bottlebrush sedgeCarex hystericina
Shallow sedgeCarex lurida
Tuckerman's sedgeCarex tuckermanii
Hairy sedgeCarex lacustris
Woolly sedgeCarex pellita
Yellow sedgeCarex flava
Woolly-fruit sedgeCarex lasiocarpa