Carex echinata

Carex echinata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Carex
Species: C. echinata
Binomial name
Carex echinata
Murray
Synonyms

Carex ormantha
Carex phyllomanica
Carex svensonis

Carex echinata is a species of sedge known by the common names star sedge and little prickly sedge.

Distribution

This plant is native to North and Central America and parts of Eurasia. Carex echinata is a plant of wet forests, marshes, and mountain meadows of moderate elevation. It is commonly associated with peat bogs.

Description

Carex echinata has a solid, ridged stem that may exceed 1 metre (3 ft 3 in) in height and it has a few thready leaves toward the base. The inflorescences are star-shaped spikelets and are 3–15 millimetres (0.12–0.59 in) wide.

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