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Carex tribuloides

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Carex tribuloides
Flowers
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Carex
Species:
C. tribuloides
Binomial name
Carex tribuloides
Synonyms[2]
List
    • Carex cristata var. reducta (L.H.Bailey) Kük.
    • Carex lagopodioides Willd.
    • Carex lagopodioides var. moniliformis Olney ex L.H.Bailey
    • Carex sangamonensis (Clokey) Mohlenbr.
    • Carex scoparia var. lagopodioides (Willd.) Torr.
    • Carex tribuloides f. aggregata Peck
    • Carex tribuloides var. reducta L.H.Bailey
    • Carex tribuloides var. turbata L.H.Bailey
    • Vignea lagopodioides (Willd.) Rchb.

Carex tribuloides, the blunt broom sedge, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Carex, native to the eastern United States, eastern Canada, and Veracruz in Mexico, and introduced in Sweden.[2][3] It is an important food for soras (Porzana carolina) during their spring migration.[4]

Subtaxa

The following varieties are currently accepted:[2]

  • Carex tribuloides var. sangamonensis Clokey
  • Carex tribuloides var. tribuloides

References

  1. ^ Kongl. Vetensk. Acad. Nya Handl. 24: 145 (1803)
  2. ^ a b c "Carex tribuloides Wahlenb". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
  3. ^ "Plant profile for Carex tribuloides Wahlenb. blunt broom sedge". Plants Database. USDA. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
  4. ^ Rundle, W. Dean; Sayre, Mark W. (1983). "Feeding Ecology of Migrant Soras in Southeastern Missouri". The Journal of Wildlife Management. 47 (4): 1153–1159. doi:10.2307/3808182. JSTOR 3808182.