Biology:Carex subspathacea
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Short description: Species of flowering plant in the sedge family
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Cyperaceae |
| Genus: | Carex |
| Species: | C. subspathacea
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| Binomial name | |
| Carex subspathacea Wormsk. ex Hornem.[1]
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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]
Description
Carex subspathacea is a low-growing, rhizomatous sedge species, often growing in matted clumps in salty environments such as coastal salt-marshes. Leaves are long and narrow, growing up to 20 cm in height. Culms are smooth, usually shorter than the shoots. The inflorescence is a spike, fruiting in late summer.[4][5]
References
- ↑ G.C.Oeder & al. (eds.), Fl. Dan. 9: 4, t. 1530 (1816)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Carex subspathacea Wormsk. ex Hornem.". Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:302475-1.
- ↑ 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. Bibcode: 1987JEcol..75..961K.
- ↑ "Plants of Iceland: Carex subspathacea, Hoppner's Sedge, Flæðastör". https://www.iceland-nh.net/plants/data/Carex-subspathacea/carex_subspathacea.html.
- ↑ "Carex subspathacea" (in en-gb). https://svalbardflora.no/index.php/carex/carex-subspathacea.
Wikidata ☰ Q15583283 entry
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