Carex juniperorum

Carex juniperorum

Vulnerable  (NatureServe)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Carex
Species:
C. juniperorum
Binomial name
Carex juniperorum
Cedar barren type environment in which C. juniperorum occurs.

Carex juniperorum, the juniper sedge, is a perennial flowering plant native to North America, first described by botanist William J. Crins in 1993.[2] C. juniperorum is in the Cyperaceae (sedge) family, and is closely related to C. jamesii and C. willdenowii. It is commonly called juniper sedge as it is often seen growing in areas with red cedar (Juniperus virginiana), though the presence of cedar is not necessarily a requirement for it to grow.[3]

  1. ^ Catling, Paul Miles; Reznicek, Anton Albert; & Crins, William J., Systematic Botany; Quarterly Journal of the American Society of Plant Taxonomists/ 18: 497, fig. 1
  2. ^ Catling, P.M., A.A. Reznicek, and W.J. Crins. 1993. Carex juniperorum (Cyperaceae), a new species from northeastern North America, with a key to Carex sect. Phyllostachys. Systematic Botany 18(3): 496-501.
  3. ^ Catling, P.M., A.A. Reznicek, and W.J. Crins. 1993. Carex juniperorum (Cyperaceae), a new species from northeastern North America, with a key to Carex sect. Phyllostachys. Systematic Botany 18(3): 496-501.