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Carex flava
Carex flava, called hedgehog grass, is a widespread species of sedge (genus Carex), native to the northern United States, Canada, Iceland, Europe, the Atlas Mountains in Africa, the Transcaucasus area, and parts of Siberia. It is the namesake of the Carex flava species complex.
16 branches of this group, most-observed first
yellow-green sedge
speciesCarex flava
little green sedge
speciesCarex oederi
Common Yellow Sedge
speciesCarex demissa
Long-stalked Yellow-sedge
speciesCarex lepidocarpa
Tawny Sedge
speciesCarex hostiana
Carex × subviridula
hybridCarex × subviridula
Carex demissa × lepidocarpa
hybridCarex demissa × lepidocarpa
Carex × leutzii
hybridCarex × leutzii
Carex × alsatica
hybridCarex × alsatica
Carex × xanthocarpa
hybridCarex × xanthocarpa
Carex × fulva
hybridCarex × fulva
Carex × schatzii
hybridCarex × schatzii
Carex × pauliana
hybridCarex × pauliana
Carex derelicta
speciesCarex derelicta
Carex × ruedtii
hybridCarex × ruedtii
Carex × helenae
hybridCarex × helenae
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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Every page naming Carex flava in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1264456.