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Carex albicans (whitetinge sedge; stellate sedge; Emmons' sedge)

Synonyms: Carex davisiae; Carex davisiae f. glabrescens; Carex rhynchophysa

Infraspecies

Carex albicans var. albicans (whitetinge sedge) (Attributes)
Carex albicans var. australis (stellate sedge) (Attributes)
Carex albicans var. emmonsii (Whitetinge Sedge) (Attributes)
Carex varia f. varia

Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  High
Lifespan [2]  Perennial
Structure [2]  Grass

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Acadia National Park II 35996 Maine, United States
Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site III 861 Pennsylvania, United States

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
♦ 2USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0