Carex subspathacea
Species of flowering plant in the sedge family
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Carex subspathacea, called Hoppner's sedge, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Carex, native to coastal salt marshes of the Arctic and northwest Pacific Oceans; Alaska, Canada, Greenland, Iceland, Norway, northern and far eastern Russia, Korea, and Japan.[2] It is grazed by snow geese (Anser caerulescens).[3]
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Cyperaceae |
| Genus: | Carex |
| Species: | C. subspathacea |
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Description
Carex subspathacea is a low-growing, rhizomatous sedge species, often growing in matted clumps in salty environments such as coastal salt-marshes. Leaves are long and narrow, growing up to 20 cm in height. Culms are smooth, usually shorter than the shoots. The inflorescence is a spike, fruiting in late summer.[4][5]