Carex tenax

Carex tenax, the wire sedge, is a species of flowering plant in the family Cyperaceae, native to Texas and the southeastern United States.[1][2] Generally rare, it is found in the longleaf pine ecosystem.[3]

Carex tenax
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Carex
Species:
C. tenax
Binomial name
Carex tenax
Synonyms[1]
  • Carex chapmanii Sartwell ex Dewey
  • Carex chapmanii Sartwell ex L.H.Bailey
  • Carex dasycarpa var. tenax (Chapm. ex Dewey) Kük.

References

  1. "Carex tenax Chapm. ex Dewey". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
  2. Majure, Lucas C. (2007). "The Vascular Flora of the Chunky River (Mississippi)". Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas. 1 (2): 1179–1202. JSTOR 41971547.
  3. Sorrie, Bruce A.; Gray, Janet Bracey; Crutchfield, Philip J. (2006). "The Vascular Flora of the Longleaf Pine Ecosystem of Fort Bragg and Weymouth Woods, North Carolina". Castanea. 71 (2): 129–161. doi:10.2179/05-02.1. S2CID 86469929. Retrieved 29 September 2022.


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