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Carex tenera

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Species of grass-like plant

Carex tenera
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Carex
Subgenus: Carex subg. Vignea
Section: Carex sect. Ovales
Species: C. tenera
Binomial name
Carex tenera
Dewey
Synonyms
  • Carex mirabilis var. tenera (Dewey) Prov.
  • Carex tenera var. major Olney
  • Diemisa tenera (Dewey) Raf.

Carex tenera, known as quill sedge, is a species of sedge native to the northern United States and Canada.

Two varieties are recognized in Flora of North America:

  • C. tenera var. tenera
  • C. tenera var. echinodes (= Carex echinodes (Fernald) P.Rothr., Reznicek & Hipp)

References

  1. "Carex tenera Dewey". ipni.org. International Plant Names Index. Retrieved 2018-09-27.
  2. ^ "Carex tenera Dewey". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanical Gardens Kew. Retrieved 2018-09-27.
  3. ^ NRCS. "Carex tenera Dewey". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 2018-09-27.
  4. ^ Flora of North America Editorial Committee, ed. (2002). "Carex tenera". Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). Vol. 23. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press. Retrieved 2018-09-27 – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
Taxon identifiers
Carex tenera


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