Carex tenera
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Carex
Subgenus: Carex subg. Vignea
Section: Carex sect. Ovales
Species:
C. tenera
Binomial name
Carex tenera
Synonyms[2]
  • Carex mirabilis var. tenera (Dewey) Prov.
  • Carex tenera var. major Olney
  • Diemisa tenera (Dewey) Raf.

Carex tenera, known as quill sedge,[3] is a species of sedge native to the northern United States and Canada.[3][4]

Two varieties are recognized in Flora of North America:[4]

  • C. tenera var. tenera
  • C. tenera var. echinodes (= Carex echinodes (Fernald) P.Rothr., Reznicek & Hipp)[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Carex tenera Dewey". ipni.org. International Plant Names Index. Retrieved 2018-09-27.
  2. 1 2 "Carex tenera Dewey". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanical Gardens Kew. Retrieved 2018-09-27.
  3. 1 2 USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Carex tenera Dewey". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 2018-09-27.
  4. 1 2 Flora of North America Editorial Committee, ed. (2002). "Carex tenera". Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). Vol. 23. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press. Retrieved 2018-09-27 – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.


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