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

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Carex ormostachya Wiegand

Necklace spike sedge (Carex ormostachya Wiegand) is a flowering sedge native to Eastern Canada and the northeastern US.

Family

Cyperaceae

Genus

Carex

Order

Poales

Class

Liliopsida

About Carex ormostachya Wiegand

Carex ormostachya Wiegand, commonly called necklace spike sedge, is a species of flowering plant that belongs to the sedge family, Cyperaceae. This species is native to Eastern Canada and the Northeastern United States.

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Taxonomy

Plantae › Tracheophyta › Liliopsida › Poales › Cyperaceae › Carex

More from Cyperaceae

Carex flagellifera Colenso

Fimbristylis littoralis Gaudich.

Cyperus leptocladus Kunth

Carex supina Willd. ex Wahlenb.

Carex triangularis Boeckeler

Rhynchospora megaplumosa E.L.Bridges & Orzell

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

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