Carex torta Boott ex Tuck. is a plant in the Cyperaceae family, order Poales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.
Carex torta Boott ex Tuck.
Carex torta (twisted sedge) is a Cyperaceae flowering plant native to central-eastern North America, specialized for recently scoured gravelly rocky river and stream banks.
Insufficient toxicity evidence; avoid direct contact and ingestion.
Carex torta, commonly known as twisted sedge, is a species of flowering plant in the Cyperaceae family. It is native to eastern Canada, as well as the central and eastern United States. It is a specialist plant that grows on gravelly and rocky stream and river banks, and favors banks that have been recently scoured.
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