Species: Carex lapponica
Lapland Sedge
Species
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Classification
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Anthophyta
Class
Monocotyledoneae
Order
Cyperales
Family
Cyperaceae
Genus
Carex
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Classification
Other Global Common Names
carex de Laponie
Informal Taxonomy
Plants, Vascular - Flowering Plants - Sedge Family
Formal Taxonomy
Plantae - Anthophyta - Monocotyledoneae - Cyperales - Cyperaceae - Carex - Treated as a synonym of the much more widespread C. CANESCENS L. by Welsh (1974)(B74WEL01AKUS). Hulten (1941)(B41HUL01AKUS) discusses distinctions between the two.
Conservation Status
NatureServe Global Status Rank
G4G5Q
Global Status Last Reviewed
1990-11-29
Global Status Last Changed
1991-08-08
Distribution
Conservation Status Map
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Global Range
Circumpolar with a large gap in central Siberia. Probably throughout northern North America, Europe, scattered in Asia. Total range very incompletely known.