Hairy Fimbristylis (Chestnut Sedge) (Fimbristylis puberula)

Picture of a Chestnut Sedge

Synonym:

Status: endangered in Wisconsin

Habitat Description: low, moist, calcareous prairies

Habitat Classification
WI NHI: Wet Mesic Prairie
Curtis: Wet Mesic Prairie
Kotar:
Forest Cover:

Range: Kenosha

Comments: difficult to identify in the field; Wisconsin is at northern edge of range

Phenology: flowers from July to October

Field Guides:
Gleason 1991, p.679

Last Revised: June 12, 2006