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Back's sedge
Carex backii
About
Carex backii, commonly known as Back's sedge, is a species of sedge (Carex) in the section Phyllostachyae. First described scientifically in 1839 by American botanist Francis Boott, it is found in Canada and the United States, where it grows in shaded woods, shaded slopes, and shrub thickets.
- Family
- Cyperaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Carex backii
- Slug
- carex-backii
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Carex
- Species
- backii
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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