About Carex merritt-fernaldii Mack.
Carex merritt-fernaldii, commonly called Fernald's sedge, is a species of sedge native to northeastern North America. It was first formally described by Kenneth Mackenzie in 1923, and named in honor of botanist Merritt Fernald. This perennial species grows in a wide range of locations, including cliffs, balds, ledges, meadows, fields, woodlands, and human-altered anthropogenic habitats. It has two distinct types of triangular stems: reproductive stems that bear clusters of flowers and fruits called spikes at their tips, and vegetative stems that do not produce any spikes. It grows preferentially in sandy or rocky acidic, infertile soils, and can also be found in drying peat bogs.
