''Carex aperta'', known as Columbian sedge, is a species of
sedge
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'' wit ...
that was first
described by
Francis Boott
Francis Boott (26 September 1792 – 25 December 1863) was an American physician and botanist who was resident in Great Britain from 1820.
Biography
Boott was born in Boston, Massachusetts, Boston, Massachusetts, the brother of Kirk Boott, o ...
in 1839. It is native to eastern Russia, northern China, western Canada, and the northwestern United States. It grows in
wet meadows, along shorelines, and in other wet habitats.
References
aperta
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