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yellow-green sedge
Carex flava
30 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
little green sedgeCarex oederi
Long-stalked Yellow-sedgeCarex lepidocarpa
northeastern sedgeCarex cryptolepis
sallow sedgeCarex lurida
retrorse sedgeCarex retrorsa
Common Yellow SedgeCarex demissa
hop sedgeCarex lupulina
star sedgeCarex echinata
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 59,539 |
|---|---|
| Alaska | 56,521 |
| Canada | 4,409 |
| Ontario | 1,950 |
| Quebec | 1,070 |
| New York | 778 |
| Michigan | 662 |
| British Columbia | 364 |
| Russia | 345 |
| Vermont | 235 |
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 |
Study it in a deck
Or build your own from the species near you.
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 yellow-green sedge with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.