Carex subspathacea — a medium houseplant
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Carex subspathacea

Carex Subspathacea

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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. It is grazed by snow geese (Anser caerulescens).

CHARACTERISTICS

Botanical profile.

Genus
Carex
Family
Cyperaceae
ALSO KNOWN AS

Other names.

en Hoppner's Sedge en Hoppner’s sedge en Arctic saltmarsh sedge
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Carex subspathacea leaf
PLATE 01 · leaf
Carex subspathacea leaf
PLATE 02 · leaf
Carex subspathacea flower
PLATE 03 · flower
Carex subspathacea habit
PLATE 04 · habit
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