Carex subspathacea

Carex subspathacea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Carex
Species:
C. subspathacea
Binomial name
Carex subspathacea
Synonyms[2]
List
    • Carex hoppneri Boott
    • Carex subspathacea f. stricta Drejer
    • Carex salina subsp. subspathacea (Wormsk. ex Hornem.)
    • Carex aquaticus var. nardifolia (Wahlenb.)
    • Carex aquatilis subsp. nardifolia Wahlenb.
    • Carex salina var. minor Boott
    • Carex salina f. nana Trautv.
    • Carex salina var. pumila Blytt
    • Carex salina f. stricta (Drejer) Almq.
    • Carex subspathacea f. curvata' Drejer
    • Carex subspathacea f. nardifolia (Wahlenb.) Fr.
    • Carex subspathacea var. nardifolia (Wahlenb.) Fr..
    • Carex subspathacea var. planifolia Fr.
    • Carex subspathacea f. stricta Drejer.

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]

References

  1. ^ G.C.Oeder & al. (eds.), Fl. Dan. 9: 4, t. 1530 (1816)
  2. ^ a b "Carex subspathacea Wormsk. ex Hornem". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  3. ^ 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. JSTOR 2260307.
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