Carex peckii

Carex peckii, Peck's sedge, Peck's oak sedge, or white-tinged sedge, is a species of sedge native to Canada and the United States.

Description
Carex peckii grows in loose clumps, spreading by rhizomes to create colonies.

Range
Carex peckii is native to north-eastern, central and northern North America.

Habitat
Carex peckii grows in association with trees. It is found in dry to wet sites.

Ecology
Carex peckii has been identified as a host of the rust fungi Uromyces perigynius.

Etymology
The specific name 'peckii' commemorates Charles Horton Peck (1833-1917), an American mycologist.

Taxonomy
The name Carex peckii was first published in the annual Report of the Regents of the University of the State of New York on the New York State Museum. Albany, NY, 47: 166 in 1894 in the report of the state botanist for the year 1893 written by Charles H. Peck. The species is included in the list of additions to the herbarium of species not previously described. The species was described by Elliot C. Howe with additional specimens collected by Chester Dewey and Peter D. Knieskern. The type locality of this species is identified as New York. Carex peckii belongs to Carex sect. Acrocystis.