Carex polymorpha

Variable sedge

Summary of the structured data documented in ClimaFlora for this taxon.

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Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 1: 399. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. · Public domain · wikimedia_commons · source

Identity and native distribution

Family

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Life form

Other

Documented native regions

North America

Documented uses

No documented use

Documented climate envelope

Variable	Observed range	Central range
Annual mean temperature	3.63 – 14.79	4.77 – 14.55
Temperature of the warmest month	21.57 – 31.27	23.23 – 30.79
Temperature of the coldest month	-15.69 – -0.15	-15.09 – -0.61
Annual precipitation	944.16 – 1574.06	974.58 – 1472.92
Precipitation seasonality	6.8 – 22.62	7.22 – 21.12

These values describe the documented climate envelope of the taxon. They are not, by themselves, a local recommendation.

Documented soil preferences

Variable	Unit	Observed range	Central range
Cation exchange capacity (CEC)	cmol(+)/kg	11.5 – 26.3	13.3 – 20.6
Clay	%	9.4 – 32.6	12 – 26.6
Coarse fragments	%	4.8 – 20.6	7.3 – 16.6
Total nitrogen	g/kg	2.08 – 6.83	2.89 – 5
pH	—	4.8 – 6.8	— – —
Sand	%	19.4 – 54.4	31.5 – 50.8
Soil organic carbon	g/kg	27.1 – 89.4	36.8 – 71.2

These soil preferences should be compared with the site profile and the confidence of the local data.

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