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Carex alata
About
Carex alata, commonly called broad-winged sedge, is a species of flowering plant in the sedge family. It is native to eastern North America, in Canada and the United States. It grows in wet, marshy areas. The species name alata is Latin for "winged", in reference to its winged perigynia.
- Family
- Cyperaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Carex alata
- Slug
- carex-alata
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Carex
- Species
- alata
- Wikidata QID
- Q2938197
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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