Carex fraseriana is a perennial member of the sedge family with the common name Fraser's sedge. It was the only species of the genus Cymophyllus before it was re-transferred to Carex.Flora of North America, Vol. 23 Page 573, Cymophyllus fraserianus (Ker Gawler) Kartesz & Gandhi, Rhodora. 93: 138. 1991. Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, Duhl, Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians, Lone Pine Publishing, (2005) p 398, ,Global Carex Group 2015 Making Carex monophyletic (Cyperaceae, tribe Cariceae): a new broader circumscription
Carex fraseriana is native to the Great Smoky Mountains and southern Appalachian region of the southeastern United States.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families It is endangered in Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Maryland and Georgia.Govaerts, R. & Simpson, D.A. (2007). World Checklist of Cyperaceae. Sedges: 1-765. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
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External links USDA Plants profile for Cymophyllus fraseriana