Carex merritt-fernaldii, or Fernald's sedge, is a species of sedge from northeastern North America.[1] It was first described by Kenneth Mackenzie in 1923.[2] It is named after botanist Merritt Fernald.[1]
This species can be found in a variety of places, such as cliffs, balds, ledges, meadows and fields, and woodlands, as well as anthropogenic surroundings.[3] It is a perennial that has two types of stems - some with flower/fruit clusters (spikes) at their summits, known as reproductive stems, and others that lack spikes, known as vegetative stems.[4] Stems are triangular. Its habitat is sandy or rocky acidic sterile soils, but it can also be found in drying peat blogs.[5]