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Carex canescens
Species of grass-like plant From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Carex canescens L. (syn. C. cinerea Poll.; C. curta Gooden.) is a perennial species of plants in the family Cyperaceae growing in damp forests and wetlands. It is widespread across much of Europe,[1] Asia, Australia, New Guinea, North America, Greenland[2] and southern South America.[3][4][5][6]
The plant has been found as an invasive species in Sphagnum peatlands disturbed by peat extraction in southern Patagonia.[7]
- Subspecies[3]
- Carex canescens subsp. canescens – Europe, Asia, Australia, North America, New Guinea
- Carex canescens subsp. disjuncta (Fernald) Toivonen – eastern Canada, eastern United States
- Carex canescens var. robustior Blytt ex Andersson – Argentina, Chile, Falkland Islands
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