Carex subspathacea

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Carex subspathacea
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Carex
Species:
C. subspathacea
Binomial name
Carex subspathacea
Synonyms [2]
List
    • Carex hoppneriBoott
    • Carex subspathacea f. strictaDrejer
    • Carex salina subsp. subspathacea (Wormsk. ex Hornem.)
    • Carex aquaticus var. nardifolia (Wahlenb.)
    • Carex aquatilis subsp. nardifoliaWahlenb.
    • Carex salina var. minor Boott
    • Carex salina f. nanaTrautv.
    • Carex salina var. pumila Blytt
    • Carex salina f. stricta (Drejer) Almq.
    • Carex subspathacea f. curvata' Drejer
    • Carex subspathacea f. nardifolia (Wahlenb.) Fr.
    • Carex subspathacea var. nardifolia (Wahlenb.) Fr..
    • Carex subspathacea var. planifolia Fr.
    • Carex subspathacea f. strictaDrejer.

Carex subspathacea, called Hoppner's sedge, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Carex , native to coastal salt marshes of the Arctic and northwest Pacific Oceans; Alaska, Canada, Greenland, Iceland, Norway, northern and far eastern Russia, Korea, and Japan. [2] It is grazed by snow geese ( Anser caerulescens ). [3]

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References

  1. G.C.Oeder & al. (eds.), Fl. Dan. 9: 4, t. 1530 (1816)
  2. 1 2 "Carex subspathacea Wormsk. ex Hornem". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  3. Kotanen, P.; Jefferies, R. L. (1987). "The Leaf and Shoot Demography of Grazed and Ungrazed Plants of Carex subspathacea". Journal of Ecology. 75 (4): 961–975. doi:10.2307/2260307. JSTOR   2260307.