Carex stipata, variously called the prickly sedge, awl-fruited sedge, awlfruit sedge, owlfruit sedge, swamp sedge, sawbeak sedge, stalk-grain sedge and common fox sedge, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Carex, native to Canada, the United States, China, Korea, Japan, and Far Eastern Russia.[3][4][5][2] It is a wetland obligate.[6]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Cyperaceae |
| Genus: | Carex |
| Species: | C. stipata
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Subtaxa
editThe following varieties are currently accepted:[2]
- Carex stipata var. maxima Chapm. ex Boott
- Carex stipata var. stipata
References
edit- ^ Sp. Pl., ed. 4, 4: 233 (1805)
- ^ a b c "Carex stipata Muhl. ex Willd". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
- ^ "Carex stipata (Awl-fruited Sedge)". MinnesotaWildflowers.info. Minnesota Wildflowers. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
- ^ "Swamp Sedge (Carex stipata) in the Sedges Database". Plants Database. The National Gardening Association. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
- ^ "Carex stipata". Plants of Louisiana. USGS. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
- ^ Hough-Snee, Nate; Cooper, Derrick D. (2011). "Perigynium removal improves seed germination in awl-fruit sedge (Carex stipata)". Native Plants Journal. 12: 41–44. doi:10.3368/npj.12.1.41. S2CID 86328732.