Carex stipata
Developing seeds
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Carex
Species:
C. stipata
Binomial name
Carex stipata
Synonyms[2]
  • Loncoperis stipata (Muhl. ex Willd.) Raf.
  • Vignea stipata (Muhl. ex Willd.) Rchb.

Carex stipata, variously called the prickly sedge, awl-fruited sedge, awlfruit sedge, owlfruit sedge, swamp sedge, sawbeak sedge, stalk-grain sedge and common fox sedge, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Carex, native to Canada, the United States, China, Korea, Japan, and Far Eastern Russia.[3][4][5][2] It is a wetland obligate.[6]

Subtaxa

The following varieties are currently accepted:[2]

  • Carex stipata var. maxima Chapm. ex Boott
  • Carex stipata var. stipata

References

  1. ↑ Sp. Pl., ed. 4, 4: 233 (1805)
  2. 1 2 3 "Carex stipata Muhl. ex Willd". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  3. ↑ "Carex stipata (Awl-fruited Sedge)". MinnesotaWildflowers.info. Minnesota Wildflowers. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  4. ↑ "Swamp Sedge (Carex stipata) in the Sedges Database". Plants Database. The National Gardening Association. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  5. ↑ "Carex stipata". Plants of Louisiana. USGS. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  6. ↑ Hough-Snee, Nate; Cooper, Derrick D. (2011). "Perigynium removal improves seed germination in awl-fruit sedge (Carex stipata)". Native Plants Journal. 12: 41–44. doi:10.3368/npj.12.1.41. S2CID 86328732.
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