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Hassock-grass
Carex cespitosa
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
smooth black sedgeCarex nigra
Tufted-sedgeCarex elata
Soft-leaved sedgeCarex montana
Greater Tussock-sedgeCarex paniculata
Fibrous Tussock-sedgeCarex appropinquata
woolly-fruited sedgeCarex lasiocarpa
tussock sedgeCarex stricta
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 25,917 |
|---|---|
| Alaska | 25,917 |
| Russia | 1,066 |
| Moscow Oblast | 101 |
| Bryansk Oblast | 77 |
| Sverdlovsk Oblast | 60 |
| Moscow | 55 |
| Tula Oblast | 53 |
| Penza Oblast | 52 |
| Kostroma Oblast | 51 |
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 Hassock-grass with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.