''Carex rostrata'', the bottle sedge or beaked sedge,
is a perennial species of
sedge in the family
Cyperaceae
The Cyperaceae are a family of graminoid (grass-like), monocotyledonous flowering plants known as sedges. The family is large, with some 5,500 known species described in about 90 genera, the largest being the "true sedges" genus ''Carex'' w ...
.
Range and habitat
The species is native to
Holarctic fens and can be found in
Canada and the northern part of the
United States,
[ and most of Europe, including Britain, north to 71° N, and W. Asia, in wet peaty places with a high water table.]
References
rostrata
Plants described in 1787
Flora of North America
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