Carex nigra

Carex nigra
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Cyperaceae
Genus:	Carex
Subgenus:	Carex subg. Carex
Section:	Carex sect. Phacocystis
Species:	C. nigra
Binomial name
	Carex nigra; (L.) Reichard
Synonyms
	Carex acuta var. nigra L.

Carex nigra is a perennial species of plants in the family Cyperaceae native to wetlands of Europe, western Asia, northwestern Africa, and eastern North America.[1] Common names include common sedge, black sedge or smooth black sedge.[2] The eastern limit of its range reaches central Siberia, Turkey and probably the Caucasus.

References

Standley, L. A., J. Cayouette, & L. Bruederle (2002). "Carex nigra". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). Vol. 23. New York and Oxford. Retrieved 2018-11-18 – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.{{citation}}: CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Carex nigra". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 2018-11-18.

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[fna-1] Standley, L. A., J. Cayouette, & L. Bruederle (2002). "Carex nigra". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). Vol. 23. New York and Oxford. Retrieved 2018-11-18 – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.{{citation}}: CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)

[usda-2] USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Carex nigra". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 2018-11-18.