''Carex elata'', tufted sedge, is a species in the genus ''

Carex ''Carex'' is a vast genus of more than 2,000 species of grass-like plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges (or seg, in older books). Other members of the family Cyperaceae are also called sedges, however those of genus ''Carex'' ...

'', native to all of Europe, the Atlas Mountains of Africa, Turkey, Iran and Central Asia. It prefers to grow with its roots in water. Its cultivar 'Aurea' has gained the

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Subspecies

The following subspecies are currently accepted: *''Carex elata'' subsp. ''elata *''Carex elata'' subsp. ''omskiana'' (Meinsh.) Jalas (synonym: ''Carex omskiana'' Meinsh.)

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elata Elata is a Greek village on the island of Chios. The village is situated on hilly terrain and has a population of several hundred. Elata Elata became a village hundreds of years ago when seven tribes came together to protect themselves from Tur ...

Plants described in 1785