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Globular Sedge

Carex globularis

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 2,265, February 1,673, March 2,621, April 4,123, May 5,945, June 6,483, July 6,937, August 5,966, September 4,380, October 3,269, November 1,786, December 1,396.
United States46,843
Alaska46,843
Russia422
Kostroma Oblast66
Vladimir Oblast49
Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug44
Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug – Ugra26
Finland23
Amur Oblast20
Irkutsk Oblast18

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

Classification

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

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