Carex media

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Cladus: Commelinids Ordo: Poales

Familia: Cyperaceae
Subfamilia: Cyperoideae
Tribus: Cariceae
Genus: Carex
Species:

Carex media R.Br. ex Richardson, 1823

Heterotypic
- Carex alpina var. inferalpina Wahlenb. in Fl. Lapp.: 241 (1812)
- Carex alpina f. inferalpina (Wahlenb.) Kük. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 20(Heft 38): 386 (1909)
- Carex alpina subsp. inferalpina (Wahlenb.) K.Richt. in Pl. Eur. 1: 157 (1890)
- Carex angarae Steud. in Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 190 (1855)
- Carex angarae subsp. brachylepis Kalela in Ann. Bot. Soc. Zool.-Bot. Fenn. "Vanamo" 19(3): 7 (1944)
- Carex brachylepis Turcz. ex Besser in Flora 17(1 Beibl.): 26 (1834), nom. nud.
- Carex norvegica var. inferalpina (Wahlenb.) B.Boivin in Naturaliste Canad. 94: 523 (1967)
- Carex norvegica subsp. inferalpina (Wahlenb.) Hultén in Acta Univ. Lund., 2, 38(1): 348 (1942)
- Carex vahlii var. inferalpina (Wahlenb.) Fernald in Rhodora 35: 398 (1933)

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Cosmopolitan
- Regional: Subarctic
  - Alaska, Alberta, Altay, British Columbia, East European Russia, Finland, Inner Mongolia, Iowa, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Labrador, Magadan, Maine, Manchuria, Manitoba, Michigan, Minnesota, Mongolia, Montana, North European Russia, Northwest Territories, Norway, Nunavut, Ontario, Oregon, Primorye, Québec, Saskatchewan, Sweden, Washington, West Siberia, Wisconsin, Yakutiya, Yukon

Brown, R. in J. Franklin et al.,1823. Narr. Journey Polar Sea 763 (J. Richardson, Bot. App. 35)

Govaerts, R.H.A. & Simpson, D.A. 2007. World Checklist of Cyperaceae. Sedges. 765 pp., The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. ISBN 978-1-84246-199-0 Reference page. .

Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Carex media in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 May 26. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2025. Carex media. Published online. Accessed: May 26 2025. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2025. Carex media. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 26 May 2025. Reference page.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. [1] Carex media] in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 13 Aug 2006.