Carex supina Willd. ex Wahlenb. is a plant in the Cyperaceae family, order Poales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Carex supina Willd. ex Wahlenb.

Carex supina Willd. ex Wahlenb.

Weak arctic sedge (Carex supina) is a flowering Carex species native to many Northern Hemisphere regions, often associating with two specific grasses.

Family
Genus
Carex
Order
Poales
Class
Liliopsida

About Carex supina Willd. ex Wahlenb.

Carex supina Willd. ex Wahlenb., commonly known as the weak arctic sedge, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Carex. This species is native to Alaska, western and central Canada, Minnesota, Greenland, central and eastern Europe, the Caucasus region, Central Asia, Siberia, the Himalaya, the Amur region, Manchuria, and Korea. It is frequently found growing in association with the plant species Festuca altaica and Poa glauca.

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

Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Liliopsida Poales Cyperaceae Carex

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

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