| Carex pallescens | |
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|  Scientific classification   | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae | 
| Clade: | Tracheophytes | 
| Clade: | Angiosperms | 
| Clade: | Monocots | 
| Clade: | Commelinids | 
| Order: | Poales | 
| Family: | Cyperaceae | 
| Genus: | Carex | 
| Species: | C. pallescens  | 
| Binomial name | |
| Carex pallescens | |
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Carex pallescens, called pale sedge, is a widespread species of flowering plant in the genus Carex , native to the northeastern United States, eastern Canada, Iceland, Europe, Tunisia, and western Asia. [2] [3] It has unstable chromosome numbers. [4]