Carex tribuloides, the blunt broom sedge, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Carex, native to the eastern United States, eastern Canada, and Veracruz in Mexico, and introduced in Sweden.[2][3] It is an important food for soras (Porzana carolina) during their spring migration.[4]

Carex tribuloides
Flowers
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Cyperaceae
Genus:	Carex
Species:	C. tribuloides
Binomial name
Carex tribuloides Wahlenb.[1]
Synonyms[2]
List Carex cristata var. reducta (L.H.Bailey) Kük. Carex lagopodioides Willd. Carex lagopodioides var. moniliformis Olney ex L.H.Bailey Carex sangamonensis (Clokey) Mohlenbr. Carex scoparia var. lagopodioides (Willd.) Torr. Carex tribuloides f. aggregata Peck Carex tribuloides var. reducta L.H.Bailey Carex tribuloides var. turbata L.H.Bailey Vignea lagopodioides (Willd.) Rchb.

Subtaxa

The following varieties are currently accepted:[2]

• Carex tribuloides var. sangamonensis Clokey
• Carex tribuloides var. tribuloides

References