Intermediate Sedge (Carex media)

Synonym: Carex norvegica

Status: endangered in Wisconsin

Habitat Description: openings in algific (cold) talus slopes where cold-air drainage approximates boreal conditions

Habitat Classification
WI NHI: Algific Talus Slope
Curtis: Algific Talus Slope
Kotar:
Forest Cover:

Range: Grant

Comments: difficult to identify in the field

Phenology: flowers in late May and seeds ripen and fall off in mid to late June

Field Guides:
Britton and Brown (Carex norvegica), p.1:353/1:353
Gleason 1963 (Carex norvegica), p.174
Gleason 1991 (Carex norvegica), p.730