Carex capitata
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.
| Carex capitata | |
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| Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae | 
| Clade: | Tracheophytes | 
| Clade: | Angiosperms | 
| Clade: | Monocots | 
| Clade: | Commelinids | 
| Order: | Poales | 
| Family: | Cyperaceae | 
| Genus: | Carex | 
| Species: | C. capitata  | 
| Binomial name | |
| Carex capitata | |
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
    
- "Pan-arctic flora: Home". panarcticflora.org. Retrieved 2021-06-19.
 -  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) -  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.
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External links
    
- Jepson Manual Treatment - Carex capitata
 - USDA Plants Profile: Carex capitata
 - Flora of North America
 - Forest Service Ecology
 - Carex capitata - Photo gallery
 
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