Carex pseudocyperus
| Carex pseudocyperus | |
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| Male spike (top) and three female spikes (bottom) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Cyperaceae |
| Genus: | Carex |
| Section: | Carex sect. Vesicariae |
| Species: | C. pseudocyperus
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| Binomial name | |
| Carex pseudocyperus | |
Carex pseudocyperus is a species of flowering plant in the sedge family known by the common name cyperus sedge[1] or hop sedge.[2] It grows in marshes, swamps, and the margins of ponds, rivers and canals. The stems can be up to 90 centimetres (35 in) with one male spike and 3 to 5 pendulous female spikes, and bright yellow-green leaves to 1.2 metres (3 ft 11 in).[2][3][4]
References[edit]
- ^ BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
- ^ a b Fitter, Richard; Fitter, Alastair; Farrer, Ann (1984). Collins Guide to the Grasses, Sedges, Rushes and Ferns of Britain and Northern Europe. London. p. 142. ISBN 0-00-219136-9.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Stace, Clive A. (2010). New flora of the British isles (Third ed.). Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press. p. 965. ISBN 9780521707725.
- ^ "Online Atlas of the British and Irish Flora".