''Carex lepidocarpa'', called the long-stalked yellow-sedge, is a species of flowering plant 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 eastern Canada, Morocco, and most of Europe. It is a member of the ''

Carex flava ''Carex flava'', called hedgehog grass, is a widespread species of sedge (genus ''Carex''), native to the northern United States, Canada, Iceland, Europe, the Atlas Mountains in Africa, the Transcaucasus area, and parts of Siberia. It is the name ...

species complex In biology, a species complex is a group of closely related organisms that are so similar in appearance and other features that the boundaries between them are often unclear. The taxa in the complex may be able to hybridize readily with each oth ...

Subtaxa

The following subspecies are currently accepted: *''Carex lepidocarpa'' subsp. ''ferraria'' Jim.-Mejías & Martín-Bravo – Atlas Mountains of Morocco *''Carex lepidocarpa'' subsp. ''jemtlandica'' Palmgr. – north and northeast Europe *''Carex lepidocarpa'' subsp. ''lepidocarpa'' *''Carex lepidocarpa'' subsp. ''nevadensis'' (Boiss. & Reut.) Luceño – southeast Spain *''Carex lepidocarpa'' subsp. ''scotica'' E.W.Davies – Scotland

References

lepidocarpa Plants described in 1834 {{Carex-stub