Biology:Carex cephalophora

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Carex cephalophora
Carex cephalophora NRCS-1.jpg
Inflorescence
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Carex
Species:
C. cephalophora
Binomial name
Carex cephalophora
Muhl. ex Willd.[1]
Synonyms[2]

Carex cephalophora, called the oval-leaf sedge, oval-headed sedge, woodbank sedge, and short-headed bracted sedge, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Carex, native to the central and eastern United States and southeastern Canada, and introduced to Germany.[2][3] It is found in late-succession old fields, even those that have become shaded woodlands.[4]

References

  1. Sp. Pl., ed. 4, 4: 220 (1805)
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Carex cephalophora Muhl. ex Willd.". Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:20008042-1. 
  3. Bebeau, G. D. (2015). "Carex cephalophora". The Friends of the Wild Flower Garden, Inc.. https://www.friendsofthewildflowergarden.org/pages/plants/carex_cephalophora.html. 
  4. Edgin, Bob; McClain, William E.; Gillespie, Bob; Ebinger, John E. (2003). "Vegetation Composition and Structure of Eversgerd Post Oak Flatwoods, Clinton County, Illinois". Northeastern Naturalist 10 (2): 111. doi:10.1656/1092-6194(2003)010[0111:VCASOE2.0.CO;2]. ISSN 1092-6194. 

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