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Capitate Sedge

Carex arctogena

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 62, February 46, March 72, April 113, May 163, June 178, July 190, August 164, September 120, October 90, November 49, December 38.
United States1,303
Alaska1,285
Canada346
Nunavut140
Quebec103
Ontario74
Newfoundland and Labrador15
New Hampshire13
Manitoba10
Vermont5

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
Classmonocots · Liliopsida
Ordergrasses, sedges, cattails, and allies · Poales
FamilySedges · Cyperaceae
Genustrue sedges · Carex

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Remember the name next time.

Practise Capitate Sedge with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.