False Hop Sedge, Carex lupuliformis
False Hop Sedge ( Carex lupuliformis ) is now blooming. This species is often found in floodplain forests and wetlands of Florida throughout the Eastern US all the way to Eastern Canada 1,2 . Members of the Carex genus (sometimes called Carices) have interesting flowers that are often overlooked. False Hop Sedge has both male and female inflorescences, as visible in the following photo. Flowering False Hop Sedge, Carex lupuliformis . Photo by A. Murray © University of Florida C. lupuliformis was described in 1848 by physician-botanist Henry Sartwell 3 and was published in 1850 by botanist and anti-slavery activist Chester Dewey 4 . It is vouchered for 46 out of the 67 counties in Florida. Fruiting False Hop Sedge, Carex lupuliformis . Photo CC BY-NC-SA Mary Keim . Along the Econlockhatchee River at the Econlockhatchee Sandhills Conservation Area . April 2013. It has been documented in iNaturalist along Arbuckle Creek, the Myakka River, the Econlockhatchee R...