About Carex glaucescens Elliott
Carex glaucescens Elliott is a graminoid, which means it has a grass-like appearance. This species starts blooming in early summer, and develops fruits through late summer, around July and August. C. glaucescens has a staminate spikelet at the top of the plant, which fertilizes the pistillate spikelets located below it. Its fruits grow on hanging pistillate spikelets covered in translucent papilla, which gives the fruit sac its glaucous, or bluish-gray waxy, appearance. Inside the fruit sac are ellipsoid achenes, which are the plant's seeds. C. glaucescens can be found in acidic or peaty habitats, including depression ponds, wet pine savannas, seepage bogs, and pocosins. It often functions as an indicator species for wetland environments.
