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Bird's-foot Sedge

Carex ornithopoda

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 351, February 259, March 406, April 638, May 920, June 1,003, July 1,074, August 923, September 678, October 506, November 276, December 216.
United States7,250
Alaska7,250
Germany121
Austria110
Bayern46
Hessen37
Tirol37
Italy34
Russia31
Nord-Ovest29

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

Traits

Group and habits

  • Restoration or landscaping useListed as being used for restoration, landscaping, ornamental planting, erosion control, soil improvement, shade, windbreaks, pollution indicators, or wastewater purification.Kew World Checklist of Useful Plant Species

Classification

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

Sources

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