Carex rostrata
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Carex rostrata | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Clade: | Commelinids |
Order: | Poales |
Family: | Cyperaceae |
Genus: | Carex |
Subgenus: | Carex subg. Carex |
Section: | Carex sect. Vesicariae |
Species: | C. rostrata |
Binomial name | |
Carex rostrata Stokes, 1787 |
Carex rostrata, the bottle sedge or beaked sedge,[1] is a perennial species of sedge in the family Cyperaceae.
Range and habitat
[edit]The species is native to Holarctic fens and can be found in Canada and the northern part of the United States,[1] and most of Europe, including Britain, north to 71° N, and W. Asia, in wet peaty places with a high water table.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Carex rostrata". USDA. Retrieved March 28, 2013.
- ^ "PFAF (Carex rostrata)". Retrieved 1 August 2014.