Biology:Carex tenuiflora

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Carex tenuiflora
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Near Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Carex
Species:
C. tenuiflora
Binomial name
Carex tenuiflora
Synonyms[1]
  • Carex arrhyncha Franch.
  • Carex leucolepis Turcz. ex Steud.
  • Carex tenuiflora var.setacea Kük.
  • Vignea tenuiflora (Wahlenb.) Soják

Carex tenuiflora, the sparse-flowered sedge, is a species of flowering plant in the family Cyperaceae. It is native to the Subarctic and Hemiboreal Northern Hemisphere; Alaska, Canada, the northern US, Scandinavia, the Baltic States, all of Russia, the north Caucasus, Siberia, the Russian Far East, Mongolia, northern China, Korea, and Japan.[1][2] It is most often found in peatlands, preferring a pH of 6.[3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Carex tenuiflora Wahlenb.". Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:302587-1. 
  2. "Carex tenuiflora (Sparse-flowered Sedge)". Minnesota Wildflowers. https://www.minnesotawildflowers.info/grass-sedge-rush/sparse-flowered-sedge. "Also known as: Thin-flowered Sedge" 
  3. Gignac, L. D.; Gauthier, R.; Rochefort, L.; Bubier, J. (2004). "Distribution and habitat niches of 37 peatland Cyperaceae species across a broad geographic range in Canada". Canadian Journal of Botany 82 (9): 1292–1313. doi:10.1139/B04-081. 

Wikidata ☰ Q14630187 entry