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Carex Echinata Clade
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Carex Echinata Clade

Carex elongata

Carex elongata, the elongated sedge, is a species of flowering plant in the family Cyperaceae, native to Europe, the Caucasus, western Siberia, Kazakhstan, and the Altai. It occurs in boggy woodland and wet meadows, where it forms dense tussocks up to about 1 m tall.

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13 branches of this group, most-observed first

star sedge

speciesCarex echinata

inland sedge

speciesCarex interior

Elongated Sedge

speciesCarex elongata

prickly bog sedge

speciesCarex atlantica

dioecious sedge

speciesCarex sterilis

meager sedge

speciesCarex exilis

Weak Stellate Sedge

speciesCarex seorsa

stinking sedge

speciesCarex foetida

Wiegand's sedge

speciesCarex wiegandii

Ruth's Sedge

speciesCarex ruthii

Carex omiana

speciesCarex omiana

Carex turumiquirensis

speciesCarex turumiquirensis

Carex townsendii

speciesCarex townsendii

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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 1459705.