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little green sedge
Carex oederi
28 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
yellow-green sedgeCarex flava
Common Yellow SedgeCarex demissa
northeastern sedgeCarex cryptolepis
pale sedgeCarex pallescens
Long-stalked Yellow-sedgeCarex lepidocarpa
retrorse sedgeCarex retrorsa
Long-bracted SedgeCarex extensa
Crawe's sedgeCarex crawei
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 39,406 |
|---|---|
| Alaska | 38,432 |
| Canada | 1,623 |
| Ontario | 950 |
| Michigan | 378 |
| British Columbia | 240 |
| Quebec | 114 |
| Illinois | 107 |
| New York | 104 |
| Alberta | 87 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Classification
| Kingdom | Plants · Plantae |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Vascular Plants · Tracheophyta |
| Class | monocots · Liliopsida |
| Order | grasses, sedges, cattails, and allies · Poales |
| Family | Sedges · Cyperaceae |
| Genus | true sedges · Carex |
Study it in a deck
Or build your own from the species near you.
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise little green sedge with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.