Carex Vulgaris Fries, p. 45

97 Carex vulgaris, Fries

Syn. C. [caespitosa?], Good (not of Linn) C. Goodenovic, Gay.

Sterile spikes one, or rarely two; fertile 2 to 4
approximated, oblong, erect, densely=flowered, occasionally
staminate at the apex; lowest tract about the length
of the culm, with small blackish rounded auricles;
perigynia ovate=elliptic stalked, nerved, especially
towards the base, longer and much broader than
the obtuse [appeared?] black scale; Culm two
and a half feet high; flowers in May.
Wet meadows.

Plate X Fig 1 - a top of the
culm showing the spikes, one half the natural
size; b, a fertile spike; c the perigynium
d section of the same; e the scale; f a
young perigynium & stigmas; e achenium.

At Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Illinois;
& about Lake Superior.

Found also in N. England and
northward to the Arctic regions.

This is one of the species of Carex cut for
hay.