Plants › Sedges
alpine grass
Carex brizoides
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
Remote SedgeCarex remota
Wood Meadow-grassPoa nemoralis
hairy sedgeCarex hirta
Spiked SedgeCarex spicata
Vernal SedgeCarex praecox
European Woodland SedgeCarex sylvatica
star sedgeCarex echinata
Brown SweepSterrhopterix fusca
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 2,378 |
|---|---|
| Alaska | 2,378 |
| Austria | 439 |
| Germany | 334 |
| Steiermark | 267 |
| Czechia | 221 |
| Bayern | 152 |
| Poland | 132 |
| Ukraine | 100 |
| Baden-Württemberg | 75 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Traits
Group and habits
- Material useListed as being used for materials such as wood, fiber, resin, gum, or oil.Kew World Checklist of Useful Plant Species
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: Kew World Checklist of Useful Plant Species (CC BY 4.0)
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise alpine grass with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.