Foxtail Sedge

Carex alopecoidea Tuck. - Sedge family

Size

Plant Type: Graminoid

Features

Bloom Time: Early Summer

Conditions

Shade Tolerance: Intermediate

Ecosystem Interactions

Pollinators: Larval Host (Butterfly); Wind

Larval Species depending on Foxtail Sedge: Neonympha areolata, Neonympha mitchellii, Neonympha mithcellii

Native Range

  • USA:  Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Vermont, Wisconsin
  • CAN:  Manitoba, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Québec, Saskatchewan
Regional Native Status: L48 (N), CAN (N)

State-level native status is based on data available through Plants of the World Online. Regional Native Status comes from the USDA Plants Database. For more detailed native status information, please refer to BONAP.