Carex canescens
Appearance
Carex canescens | |
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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. Vignea |
Section: | Carex sect. Canescentes |
Species: | C. canescens
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Binomial name | |
Carex canescens |
Carex canescens L. (syn. C. cinerea Poll.; C. curta Gooden.) is a perennial species of plants in the family Cyperaceae growing in damp forests and wetlands. It is widespread across much of Europe,[1] Asia, Australia, New Guinea, North America, Greenland[2] and southern South America.[3][4][5][6]
The plant has been found as an invasive species in Sphagnum peatlands disturbed by peat extraction in southern Patagonia.[7]
- Subspecies[3]
- Carex canescens subsp. canescens – Europe, Asia, Australia, North America, New Guinea
- Carex canescens subsp. disjuncta (Fernald) Toivonen – eastern Canada, eastern United States
- Carex canescens var. robustior Blytt ex Andersson – Argentina, Chile, Falkland Islands
References
[edit]- ^ Nordens flora. Bo Mossberg, Lennart Stenberg, Jon Feilberg, Anna Torsteinsrud, Victoria Widmark (Nye, udvidede og omarbejdede udgave ed.). Kbh.: Gyldendal. 2020. ISBN 978-87-02-28916-9. OCLC 1158895781.
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: CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ Grønlands flora. Tyge Wittrock Böcher (3. reviderede udgave ed.). København: P. Haase & Sons. 1978. ISBN 87-559-0385-1. OCLC 183098604.
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: CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Flora of North America
- ^ Flora of China
- ^ Flora Italiana
- ^ Domínguez, Erwin; Bahamonde, Nelson; Muñoz-Escobar, Christian. "Efectos de la extracción de turba sobre la composición y estructura de una turbera de Sphagnum explotada y abandonada hace 20 años, Chile" [Effects of peat extraction on the structure and composition of Sphagnum peatland exploited and abandones for 20 years, Chile]. Anales del Instituto de la Patagonia (in Spanish). 40 (2): 37–45.
External links
[edit]- Jepson Manual treatment - CAREX canescens
- Media related to Carex canescens at Wikimedia Commons