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<i>Carex capitata</i>

Carex capitata

Species of grass-like plant

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Carex capitata is a species of sedge known by the common name capitate sedge. It has a circumboreal distribution[1] including Norway, Russia, Siberia, Alaska, Canada and Greenland.[2][3] Growing in wet places in boreal forests and mountain meadows in alpine climates.

Description

This sedge is a loosely or densely clumping plant growing 10 to 35 centimeters tall. The leaves are quill-like, narrow and rolled tightly. The inflorescence is generally not more than a centimeter long and has several male and female flowers. It reproduces by seed and vegetatively by rhizomes.

References

  1. [1]
    "Pan-arctic flora: Home". panarcticflora.org. Retrieved 2021-06-19.
  2. [2]
    Grønlands flora. Tyge Wittrock Böcher (3. reviderede udgave ed.). København: P. Haase & Sons. 1978. ISBN 87-559-0385-1. OCLC 183098604.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  3. [3]
    Nordens flora. Bo Mossberg, Lennart Stenberg, Jon Feilberg, Anna Torsteinsrud, Victoria Widmark (Nye, udvidede og omarbejdede udgave ed.). Kbh.: Gyldendal. 2020. ISBN 978-87-02-28916-9. OCLC 1158895781.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)


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