Biology:Carex tribuloides
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Short description: Species of flowering plant
| Carex tribuloides | |
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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. tribuloides
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| Binomial name | |
| Carex tribuloides Wahlenb.[1]
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Carex tribuloides, the blunt broom sedge, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Carex, native to the eastern United States, eastern Canada, and Veracruz in Mexico, and introduced in Sweden.[2][3] It is an important food for soras (Porzana carolina) during their spring migration.[4]
Subtaxa
The following varieties are currently accepted:[2]
- Carex tribuloides var. sangamonensis Clokey
- Carex tribuloides var. tribuloides
References
- ↑ Kongl. Vetensk. Acad. Nya Handl. 24: 145 (1803)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Carex tribuloides Wahlenb.". Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:298144-2.
- ↑ "Plant profile for Carex tribuloides Wahlenb. blunt broom sedge". USDA. https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=CATR7.
- ↑ Rundle, W. Dean; Sayre, Mark W. (1983). "Feeding Ecology of Migrant Soras in Southeastern Missouri". The Journal of Wildlife Management 47 (4): 1153–1159. doi:10.2307/3808182.
Wikidata ☰ Q10543262 entry
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