Carex fuliginosa Schkuhr is a plant in the Cyperaceae family, order Poales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Carex fuliginosa Schkuhr

Carex fuliginosa Schkuhr

Carex fuliginosa (short-leaved sedge) is a wind-pollinated Cyperaceae flowering plant with a circumpolar distribution.

Family
Genus
Carex
Order
Poales
Class
Liliopsida

About Carex fuliginosa Schkuhr

Carex fuliginosa, commonly called the short-leaved sedge, is a species of flowering plant that belongs to the sedge family Cyperaceae. It has a circumpolar distribution, and can also be found in mountain ranges further to the south, including the eastern Alps, the Carpathians, and the Rocky Mountains. This species is pollinated by wind.

Photo: (c) Bruce Bennett, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Bruce Bennett · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Liliopsida Poales Cyperaceae Carex

More from Cyperaceae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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