Carex disticha

Carex disticha
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Carex
Subgenus: C. subg. Vignea
Section: C. sect. Ammoglochin
Species: C. disticha
Binomial name
Carex disticha
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Carex disticha is a Eurasian species of sedge known as the brown sedge or, in North America, two-ranked sedge.

Distribution

Carex disticha is native to parts of Northern and Western Europe, where it grows in moist spots in a number of habitat types, and it has been introduced to the Great Lakes region of southern Canada.[1] In its native range, this species is often associated with the Juncus subnodulosusCirsium palustre fen-meadow habitat.[2] Carex disticha has also been introduced to Canada, where it is known from only two sites, in Ontario and Quebec.[1][3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Carex disticha". Flora of North America. 2009. Retrieved December 4, 2009.
  2. C. Michael Hogan (2009). N. Strömberg, ed. "Marsh Thistle: Cirsium palustre". GlobalTwitcher.com. Archived from the original on December 13, 2012.
  3. "Carex disticha". U.S. Department of Agriculture. 2009. Retrieved December 4, 2009.

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