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Fibrous Tussock-sedge

Carex appropinquata

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 872, February 644, March 1,009, April 1,588, May 2,289, June 2,496, July 2,671, August 2,297, September 1,686, October 1,259, November 688, December 538.
United States18,037
Alaska18,037
Russia115
Kostroma Oblast32
Germany28
Leningrad oblast21
Austria17
France11
Bryansk Oblast11
Poland10

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Classification

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

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