Carex foenea Willdenow

Carex foenea Willdenow is an accepted species name sensu FNA Ed. Comm., 2002a.

Hybrid parent of

Carex adusta × Carex foenea.

Carex brevior × Carex foenea.

Carex cumulata × Carex foenea.

Carex foenea × Carex praticola.

Carex foenea × Carex xerantica.

Carex foenea × Carex tenera var. tenera.

Vernacular names

• carex fourrager FNA Ed. Comm., 2002a
• carex cuivré Marie-Victorin, 1995

• bronze sedge Klinkenberg, 2010+
• bronze-headed oval sedge UWSP
• bronzy sedge Canadian Forest Service, 2007
• Fernald's hay sedge Canadian Forest Service, 2007
• hay sedge Harms, 2006

Synonyms

• Carex aenea Fernald FNA Ed. Comm., 2002a
• Carex albolutescens var. sparsiflora Olney ex A. Gray nom. nudum TROPICOS
• Carex argyrantha var. aenea (Fernald) B. Boivin TROPICOS
• Carex foenea var. aenea (Fernald) Kükenthal TROPICOS
• Vignea foenea (Willdenow) Reichenbach TROPICOS

Distribution

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• Native
• Introduced
• Ephemeral
• Excluded
• Extirpated
• Doubtful
• Absent

Classification

Class	Equisetopsida
Subclass	Magnoliidae
Superorder	Lilianae
Order	Poales
Family	Cyperaceae
Subfamily	Cyperoideae
Tribe	Cariceae
Genus	Carex
Section	Carex sect. Ovales
Species	Carex foenea

Habit

Herb