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Species
glaucous sedge
SPECIES
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassLiliopsida
- OrderPoales
- FamilyCyperaceae
Native toAlbania, Algeria, Austria, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Russia, Corse, Cyprus, Czechia-Slovakia
Observations11,151
Observations recorded645,763
Carex glauca Scopoli
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 5,414
- With media
- 3,743
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Collections
- UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA MUSEUMS, USU, TROM, QUE, CAS, DEK
- Recorded in
- Denmark, Poland, Sweden, Norway, Switzerland, Netherlands, Canada, France
Wikidata facts
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- Commons category
- Carex flacca
- taxon rank
- species
- taxon name
- Carex flacca
- taxon common name
- 柔弱薹草
- Commons gallery
- Carex flacca
- taxon range
- Switzerland
- short name
- C. flacca
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Encyclopedic overview
Carex flacca, with common names blue sedge, gray carex, glaucous sedge, or carnation-grass, (syn. Carex glauca), is a species of sedge native to parts of Europe and North Africa. It is frequent in a range of habitats, including grasslands, moorlands, exposed and disturbed soil, and the upper edges of salt marshes. It has naturalized in eastern North America.
Description
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