''Carex salina'', also known as saltmarsh sedge, is a species of
flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants th ...
in the sedge 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 ...
. It is native to Eastern Canada, the UK, Norway, and parts of Northern Russia.
See also
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List of ''Carex'' species
References
salina
Plants described in 1803
Flora of Northern America
Flora of Europe
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