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Livid sedge

Carex livida

Also called Pale sedge, Lead Coloured Sedge

Livid sedge
Photo: BLM, Public domain
Family
Cyperaceae (Cyper family)
Grows as
Grass
Native range
N. Europe to N. Japan, Subarctic America to N. & W. U.S.A., Panama to Peru
Climate
temperate

About

Carex livida is a species of tussock-forming, grasslike plant in the family Cyperaceae. It is also known by the common names livid sedge and pale sedge.

Where it grows

It has a scattered, interrupted circumboreal distribution, occurring throughout much of Eurasia and northern North America. It also occurs in Panama and South America. It is extirpated in California.

Other Carex plants

Carex abitibiana · Indian Valley sedge · Abruptbeak sedge · Thicket sedge · Small Dusky Sedge · Seoul Sedge · Acid Loving Sedge · Carex acocksii · Slender Tufted-sedge · Carex acutata · Lesser pond sedge · Circumpolar sedge

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Carex livida by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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