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Carex tonsa (parachute sedge; shaved sedge)

Synonyms: Carex rugosperma var. tonsa (homotypic); Carex umbellata f. tonsa (homotypic); Carex umbellata var. tonsa (homotypic)

Infraspecies

Carex tonsa var. rugosperma (parachute sedge) (Attributes)
Carex tonsa var. tonsa (shaved sedge) (Attributes)

Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  High
Lifespan [2]  Perennial
Structure [3]  Grass

Protected Areas

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
♦ 3Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
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