Carex novae-angliae

Carex novae-angliae, the New England sedge, is a Carex species that is native to North America.

Description
Carex novae-angliae is loosely tufted, with ascending to erect rhizomes. The rhizomes are slender and reddish-brown, and range from 1-20 mm in diameter. The culms of the plant are 5-40 cm long and slightly rough.

The inflorescences of the plant have both staminate and proximate spikes, with peduncles of staminate spikes 1.9-5.9 mm long.

Habitat and distribution
The plant occurs commonly in mesic deciduous forests and less commonly in evergreen-deciduous forests.

It is native to North America, but is more common in Canada and the north-eastern United States than the American Midwest or South.

Conservation status in the United States
It is listed as threatened in  Michigan, and Minnesota, and as a species of special concern in Connecticut.