Carex albursina
Carex albursina (White Bear sedge, blunt-scaled wood sedge)[1] is a wide-leaved sedge. It grows in moist deciduous or mixed woods in eastern North America.[2] It was named after White Bear Lake in east central Minnesota, where it was found by Edmund Sheldon in the 1890s.[3] The leaves are 10–38 mm (3⁄8–1+1⁄2 inches) wide and 10–35 cm (4–14 inches) long.[2]
| White Bear sedge | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Cyperaceae |
| Genus: | Carex |
| Subgenus: | Carex subg. Carex |
| Section: | Carex sect. Laxiflorae |
| Species: | C. albursina |
| Binomial name | |
| Carex albursina E. Sheld. | |
| Synonyms | |
References
- "Carex albursina". Flora of Wisconsin. Wisconsin State Herbarium, University of Wisconsin–Madison. Retrieved 2017-05-05.
- Ball, Peter W.; Reznicek, A. A. (2002). "Carex albursina". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). Vol. 23. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
- Chayka, Katy; Dziuk, Peter (2016). "Carex albursina (White Bear Sedge)". Minnesota Wildflowers.
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