| Carex merritt-fernaldii | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Cyperaceae |
| Genus: | Carex |
| Subgenus: | Carex subg. Vignea |
| Section: | Carex sect. Ovales |
| Species: | C. merritt-fernaldii
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| Binomial name | |
| Carex merritt-fernaldii | |
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| Distribution in New York | |
Carex merritt-fernaldii, or Fernald's sedge,[1] is a species of sedge from northeastern North America.[2] It was first described by Kenneth Mackenzie in 1923.[3] It is named after botanist Merritt Fernald.[2]
This species can be found in a variety of places, such as cliffs, balds, ledges, meadows and fields, and woodlands, as well as anthropogenic surroundings.[4] It is a perennial that has two types of stems - some with flower/fruit clusters (spikes) at their summits, known as reproductive stems, and others that lack spikes, known as vegetative stems.[5] Stems are triangular. Its habitat is sandy or rocky acidic sterile soils, but it can also be found in drying peat blogs.[6]
- ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Carex merritt-fernaldii". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
- ^ a b "Carex merritt-fernaldii". New England Wildflower Society. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
- ^ "Carex merritt-fernaldii". The Plant List. 2010. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
- ^ "Carex merritt-fernaldii (Merritt Fernald's sedge): Go Botany". gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org. Retrieved 2020-02-27.
- ^ "Comprehensive Report Species - Carex merritt-fernaldii". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 2020-02-27.
- ^ "Carex merritt-fernaldii - Species Page - NYFA: New York Flora Atlas". newyork.plantatlas.usf.edu. Retrieved 2020-02-27.