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Carex bulbostylis, known as the false hair sedge, is a species of sedge native to the southcentral and southeastern United States.[2] It was first formally named by Kenneth Mackenzie in 1915.[2][3] It is also known as the eastern narrowleaf sedge,[2] thick style sedge,[2] and globose sedge.[4]

Carex bulbostylis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Cyperaceae
Genus:	Carex
Species:	C. bulbostylis
Binomial name
Carex bulbostylis Mack.
Synonyms[1]
Carex amphibola var. globosa (L.H.Bailey) L.H.Bailey Carex grisea var. globosa L.H.Bailey

It has previously been treated as a variety of both Carex amphibola and Carex grisea.[1]

Distribution and habitat

Carex bulbostylis is endemic to the southern United States where it occurs from eastern Texas and Oklahoma to Mississippi, with a disjunct population in southwestern Tennessee.[4][5]

It grows in a variety of habitats, from prairies to deciduous forests, floodplains and their adjacent slopes, and disturbed areas such as roadsides and grazed meadows.[2][4] It is commonly found in calcareous areas.[4]

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