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Carex Capitata Clade
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Carex Capitata Clade

Carex capitata

Carex capitata is a species of sedge known by the common name capitate sedge. It has a circumboreal distribution including Norway, Russia, Siberia, Alaska, Canada and Greenland. Growing in wet places in boreal forests and mountain meadows in alpine climates.

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11 branches of this group, most-observed first

Rock Sedge

speciesCarex rupestris

capitate sedge

speciesCarex capitata

bristle sedge

speciesCarex microglochin

Nard Sedge

speciesCarex nardina

blunt sedge

speciesCarex obtusata

Capitate Sedge

speciesCarex arctogena

Carex monostachya

speciesCarex monostachya

Carex runssoroensis

speciesCarex runssoroensis

Carex oreophila

speciesCarex oreophila

Carex argunensis

speciesCarex argunensis

Carex motuoensis

speciesCarex motuoensis

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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 1459645.