Carex stipata

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Carex stipata
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Carex
Species:
C. stipata
Binomial name
Carex stipata
Synonyms [2]
  • Loncoperis stipata(Muhl. ex Willd.) Raf.
  • Vignea stipata(Muhl. ex Willd.) Rchb.

Carex stipata, variously called the prickly sedge, awl-fruited sedge, awlfruit sedge, owlfruit sedge, swamp sedge, sawbeak sedge, stalk-grain sedge and common fox sedge, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Carex , native to Canada, the United States, China, Korea, Japan, and Far Eastern Russia. [3] [4] [5] [2] It is a wetland obligate. [6]

Subtaxa

The following varieties are currently accepted: [2]

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References

  1. Sp. Pl., ed. 4, 4: 233 (1805)
  2. 1 2 3 "Carex stipata Muhl. ex Willd". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  3. "Carex stipata (Awl-fruited Sedge)". MinnesotaWildflowers.info. Minnesota Wildflowers. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  4. "Swamp Sedge (Carex stipata) in the Sedges Database". Plants Database. The National Gardening Association. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  5. "Carex stipata". Plants of Louisiana. USGS. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  6. Hough-Snee, Nate; Cooper, Derrick D. (2011). "Perigynium removal improves seed germination in awl-fruit sedge (Carex stipata)". Native Plants Journal. 12: 41–44. doi:10.3368/npj.12.1.41. S2CID   86328732.