''Carex hostiana'', the tawny sedge, is a species of flowering plant in the genus '' Carex'', native to Europe and northeast Canada, and extinct in Massachusetts. It is a member of the '' Carex flava'' species complex.

Description

The rhizomatous perennial sedge has a tufted habit and can be

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It has straight culms with a triangular cross section that are in length. The linear shaped leaves sound on the flowering stems have a length up to and are wide. The

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s are found at the tip of the culm in the form of long spikes.

Taxonomy

The species was first formally described by the botanist Augustin Pyramus de Candolle in 1813 as a part of the work ''Catalogus Plantarum Horti Botanici Monspeliensis''. It has three homotypic

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; ''Carex fulva'', ''Trasus fulvus'' and ''Trasus hostianus'' and 13 heterotypic synonyms including; ''Carex armena'', ''Carex biformis'', ''Carex fulvescens'' and ''Carex subsalsa''.

Distribution

In Europe the range of the species extends from

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in the west to

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in the east and from

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and

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in the south to as far north as

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and

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. In the Americas it is found in

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and

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References

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