''Carex bicknellii'', known as Bicknell's sedge and copper-shouldered oval sedge, is a species of

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native to

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. ''Carex bicknellii'' grows in small clumps with fewer than 25 flowering stems per clump. It is found in mesic to dry prairies, savannas, and open woodlands.

References

bicknellii Plants described in 1896 Flora of Northern America {{Carex-stub