Carex subspathacea

Carex subspathacea, called Hoppner's sedge, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Carex, native to coastal salt marshes of the Arctic and northwest Pacific Oceans; Alaska, Canada, Greenland, Iceland, Norway, northern and far eastern Russia, Korea, and Japan.^[2] It is grazed by snow geese (Anser caerulescens).^[3]

Carex subspathacea
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Cyperaceae
Genus:	Carex
Species:	C. subspathacea
Binomial name
Carex subspathacea Wormsk. ex Hornem.[1]
Synonyms[2]
List Carex hoppneri Boott Carex subspathacea f. stricta Drejer Carex salina subsp. subspathacea (Wormsk. ex Hornem.) Carex aquaticus var. nardifolia (Wahlenb.) Carex aquatilis subsp. nardifolia Wahlenb. Carex salina var. minor Boott Carex salina f. nana Trautv. Carex salina var. pumila Blytt Carex salina f. stricta (Drejer) Almq. Carex subspathacea f. curvata' Drejer Carex subspathacea f. nardifolia (Wahlenb.) Fr. Carex subspathacea var. nardifolia (Wahlenb.) Fr.. Carex subspathacea var. planifolia Fr. Carex subspathacea f. stricta Drejer.

Description

Carex subspathacea is a low-growing, rhizomatous sedge species, often growing in matted clumps in salty environments such as coastal salt-marshes. Leaves are long and narrow, growing up to 20 cm in height. Culms are smooth, usually shorter than the shoots. The inflorescence is a spike, fruiting in late summer.^[4][5]