Carex canescens

Carex canescens L. (syn. C. cinerea Poll.; C. curta Gooden.) is a perennial species of plants in the family Cyperaceae growing in damp forests and wetlands. It is widespread across much of Europe,^[1] Asia, Australia, New Guinea, North America, Greenland^[2] and southern South America.^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]

The plant has been found as an invasive species in Sphagnum peatlands disturbed by peat extraction in southern Patagonia.^[7]

Carex canescens subsp. canescens – Europe, Asia, Australia, North America, New Guinea
Carex canescens subsp. disjuncta (Fernald) Toivonen – eastern Canada, eastern United States
Carex canescens var. robustior Blytt ex Andersson – Argentina, Chile, Falkland Islands

References

^ Nordens flora. Bo Mossberg, Lennart Stenberg, Jon Feilberg, Anna Torsteinsrud, Victoria Widmark (Nye, udvidede og omarbejdede udgave ed.). Kbh.: Gyldendal. 2020. ISBN 978-87-02-28916-9. OCLC 1158895781.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
^ Grønlands flora. Tyge Wittrock Böcher (3. reviderede udgave ed.). København: P. Haase & Sons. 1978. ISBN 87-559-0385-1. OCLC 183098604.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
^ ^a ^b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
^ Flora of North America
^ Flora of China
^ Flora Italiana
^ Domínguez, Erwin; Bahamonde, Nelson; Muñoz-Escobar, Christian. "Efectos de la extracción de turba sobre la composición y estructura de una turbera de Sphagnum explotada y abandonada hace 20 años, Chile" [Effects of peat extraction on the structure and composition of Sphagnum peatland exploited and abandones for 20 years, Chile]. Anales del Instituto de la Patagonia (in Spanish). 40 (2): 37–45.