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few-flowered sedge

Carex pauciflora

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 2,573, February 1,900, March 2,978, April 4,684, May 6,754, June 7,365, July 7,881, August 6,778, September 4,976, October 3,714, November 2,030, December 1,586.
United States54,428
Alaska53,220
Canada2,182
Ontario818
Quebec487
British Columbia298
Minnesota255
Michigan248
New York184
Nunavut183

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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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