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slender tufted-sedge
Carex acuta
25 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
lesser pond sedgeCarex acutiformis
water sedgeCarex aquatilis
Greater Pond-sedgeCarex riparia
smooth black sedgeCarex nigra
Tufted-sedgeCarex elata
beaked sedgeCarex rostrata
Hanging sedgeCarex pendula
blue sedgeCarex flacca
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 99,794 |
|---|---|
| Alaska | 99,791 |
| Russia | 1,382 |
| Moscow Oblast | 136 |
| Ukraine | 120 |
| Vladimir Oblast | 104 |
| Moscow | 96 |
| Nizhny Novgorod Oblast | 83 |
| Bryansk Oblast | 71 |
| Kostroma Oblast | 69 |
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 |
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 slender tufted-sedge with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.