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Each value Trefle shows for Carex meadii, with what every source says about it. When sources disagree, the strongest source is shown (how sources are ranked). Values imported before sources were recorded one by one are marked Source not recorded.

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Sourced2 Differs from sources1 Source not recorded9 Not on the record2 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database

Field	Shown	What the sources say
Core
Author	Dewey	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Bibliography	Amer. J. Sci. Arts 43: 90 (1842)	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phylum	Tracheophyta	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Rank	species	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Status	accepted	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Year	1842	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name	Mead's sedge	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Family common name	Sedge family	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Observations	SC. & SE. Canada to C. & E. U.S.A., Mexico (Chihuahua)	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height	25 cm	24.5 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 6 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 28, 66, 415	Differs from sources
Phenology
Bloom months	mar, apr	mar, apr · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 54 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 66, 163, 415	Sourced
Duration	empty	perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 66	Not on the record
Ecology
Nitrogen fixation	None	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 66, 444	Sourced
Usda legacy
C n ratio	empty	29.4 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 412, 415	Not on the record

Carex meadii Dewey, 1842 14% complete

Mead's sedge

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