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|accepted_name=Carex vestita
|accepted_authority=Willdenow
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=4(1): 263. 1805
|year=1805
}}
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Illustrated
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Cyperaceae;Carex;Carex sect. Paludosae;Carex vestita
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Cyperaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Carex]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>section</small>[[Carex sect. Paludosae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Carex vestita]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 23
|mention_page=page 492, 496
|treatment_page=page 498
}}<!--

--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>colonial; rhizomes long-creeping. <b>Culms</b> lateral, trigonous, 25–90 cm, scabrous-angled. <b>Leaves</b>: basal sheaths reddish purple, bladeless, apex of inner band glabrous; ligules 1.2–9 mm; blades green, M-shaped, 2.2–5.5 mm wide, glabrous or finely pubescent beyond ligule. <b>Inflorescences</b> 3–10 cm; peduncles of terminal spikes 2–20 mm; proximal 1–2(–3) spikes pistillate or androgynous, ascending; distal spikes erect; terminal 1(–2) spikes staminate. <b>Pistillate</b> scales ovate, apex acute to acuminate, glabrous, apical margins often scabrous-ciliate. <b>Perigynia</b> ascending, 10–14-veined, broadly ovoid, 2.8–4.5 × 1.3–2.1 mm, densely pubescent, pubescence nearly concealing veins and cellular details; beak 0.9–1.4 mm, friable, erose.</span><!--

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|phenology=Fruiting May–Jun.
|habitat=Dry to moist, open, sandy or gravelly meadows, open woods in acidic soils
|elevation=0–400 m
|distribution=Ala.;Conn.;Del.;D.C.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Pa.;R.I.;Tenn.;Va.
|discussion=<p><i>Carex vestita</i> is long persistent in shaded conditions and is stimulated to flower and fruit by fire or other disturbance.</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Carex vestita
|authority=Willdenow
|rank=species
|parent rank=section
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Cyperaceae
|phenology=Fruiting May–Jun.
|habitat=Dry to moist, open, sandy or gravelly meadows, open woods in acidic soils
|elevation=0–400 m
|distribution=Ala.;Conn.;Del.;D.C.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Pa.;R.I.;Tenn.;Va.
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.
|publication year=1805
|special status=Illustrated;Endemic
|source xml=https://bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation/src/2e0870ddd59836b60bcf96646a41e87ea5a5943a/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V23/V23_926.xml
|genus=Carex
|section=Carex sect. Paludosae
|species=Carex vestita
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