Carex tribuloides
Species of flowering plant
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Carex tribuloides, the blunt broom sedge, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Carex, native to the eastern United States, eastern Canada, and Veracruz in Mexico, and introduced in Sweden.[2][3] It is an important food for soras (Porzana carolina) during their spring migration.[4]
| Carex tribuloides | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Cyperaceae |
| Genus: | Carex |
| Species: | C. tribuloides |
| Binomial name | |
| Carex tribuloides | |
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Subtaxa
The following varieties are currently accepted:[2]
- Carex tribuloides var. sangamonensis Clokey
- Carex tribuloides var. tribuloides