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Carex appalachica
About
Carex appalachica, the Appalachian sedge, is a species of flowering plant in the family Cyperaceae. It is native to eastern temperate forests of the United States and Canada. The plant is wide-ranging in the northeastern United States and southern Canada while in the southern reaches of their range they are generally restricted to high elevations. A member of the large genus Carex, commonly known as sedges, this species is a member of the Carex rosea complex within the subgenus Vignea.
- Family
- Cyperaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Carex appalachica
- Slug
- carex-appalachica
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Carex
- Species
- appalachica
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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