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{{Short description|Species of grass-like plant}}
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| name = White Bear sedge
|name = White Bear sedge
| image = Carex albursina InsectImages 5553001.jpg
|image = Carex albursina InsectImages 5553001.jpg
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
|parent = Carex sect. Laxiflorae
| unranked_divisio = [[Angiosperms]]
|display_parents = 3
| unranked_classis = [[Monocots]]
|taxon = Carex albursina
| unranked_ordo = [[Commelinids]]
|authority = [[Edmund Sheldon|E. Sheld.]]
| ordo = [[Poales]]
|synonyms = ''Carex laxiflora'' var. ''latifolia'' [[Jean-Baptiste Lamarck|Lam.]]<ref name = "Flora of Wisconsin">{{Flora of Wisconsin|2885 |access-date = 2017-05-05}}</ref>
| familia = [[Cyperaceae]]
| genus = ''[[Carex]]''
| sectio = Laxiflorae<ref>{{eFloras|1|302708|Carex sect. Laxiflorae}}</ref>
| species = '''''C. albursina'''''
| binomial = ''Carex albursina''
| binomial_authority = [[Edmund P. Sheldon|E. Sheldon]]
}}
}}

'''''Carex albursina''''' ('''White Bear sedge''') is a wide-leaved [[sedge]]. It grows in moist [[deciduous]] or [[mixed woods]] in eastern [[North America]].<ref name="FNA">{{eFloras|1|242357031|family=Cyperaceae|first1=Peter W. |last1=Ball |first2=A. A. |last2=Reznicek}}</ref> It was named after [[White Bear Lake (Minnesota)|White Bear Lake]] in east central [[Minnesota]], where it was found by [[Edmund Sheldon]] in the 1890s.<ref>{{Minnesota Wildflowers|Carex albursina (White Bear Sedge)|grass-sedge-rush|white-bear-sedge}}</ref> The leaves are {{convert|10|-|38|mm|frac=16|abbr=in}} wide and {{convert|10|-|35|cm|0|abbr=in}} long.<ref name="FNA" />
'''''Carex albursina''','' commonly known as the '''White bear sedge''' or '''blunt-scaled wood sedge''',<ref name="Flora of Wisconsin" /> is a wide-leaved [[sedge]] that typically grows in moist [[deciduous]] or [[mixed woods]] in eastern [[North America]].<ref name="FNA">{{eFloras|1|242357031 |family=Cyperaceae |first1=Peter W. |last1=Ball |first2=A. A. |last2=Reznicek}}</ref> It was named after [[White Bear Lake (Minnesota)|White Bear Lake]] in east central [[Minnesota]], where it was discovered by [[Edmund Sheldon]] in the 1890s.<ref>{{Minnesota Wildflowers|Carex albursina (White Bear Sedge)|grass-sedge-rush|white-bear-sedge}}</ref> The leaves are {{convert|10|-|38|mm|frac=16|abbr=in}} wide and {{convert|10|-|35|cm|0|abbr=in}} long.<ref name="FNA" />


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[[Category:Carex|albursina]]
[[Category:Carex|albursina]]

Latest revision as of 19:22, 17 February 2024

White Bear sedge
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Carex
Subgenus: Carex subg. Carex
Section: Carex sect. Laxiflorae
Species:
C. albursina
Binomial name
Carex albursina
Synonyms

Carex laxiflora var. latifolia Lam.[1]

Carex albursina, commonly known as the White bear sedge or blunt-scaled wood sedge,[1] is a wide-leaved sedge that typically grows in moist deciduous or mixed woods in eastern North America.[2] It was named after White Bear Lake in east central Minnesota, where it was discovered by Edmund Sheldon in the 1890s.[3] The leaves are 10–38 mm (381+12 inches) wide and 10–35 cm (4–14 inches) long.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Carex albursina". Flora of Wisconsin. Wisconsin State Herbarium, University of Wisconsin–Madison. Retrieved 2017-05-05.
  2. ^ a b Ball, Peter W.; Reznicek, A. A. (2002). "Carex albursina". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). Vol. 23. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
  3. ^ Chayka, Katy; Dziuk, Peter (2016). "Carex albursina (White Bear Sedge)". Minnesota Wildflowers.