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Dioecious Sedge
Carex dioica
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
Davall's SedgeCarex davalliana
creeping sedgeCarex chordorrhiza
Northern bog sedgeCarex alascanaStudy checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 54,449 |
|---|---|
| Alaska | 54,362 |
| Canada | 92 |
| Russia | 86 |
| British Columbia | 55 |
| Kostroma Oblast | 44 |
| Idaho | 32 |
| Murmansk Oblast | 20 |
| Austria | 18 |
| Norway | 17 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Traits
Group and habits
- Grass-like growth formListed by a harvested source as having a graminoid or grass-like growth form.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
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.
- Traits: USDA PLANTS Characteristics (U.S. Government work / public domain)
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise Dioecious Sedge with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.