Cyperaceae
Darkbrown sedge
Carex atrofusca
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Carex
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Common names
By language (8)
- Chinese
- 暗褐苔草, 暗褐薹草, 黑褐穗苔草, 黑褐薹草
- Czech
- Ostřice černohnědá
- English
- Darkbrown sedge
- Finnish
- Sysisara
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Sotstarr
- Russian
- Осока чёрно-бурая, Осока сисукская
- Swedish
- Svedstarr
- Welsh
- Hesgen losg
Synonyms
- Carex atrofusca f. atrofusca
- Carex ustulata Wahlenb.
- Proteocarpus atrofuscus (Schkuhr) Fedde & J.Schust.
- Trasus ustulatus Gray
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Greenland: native
Photos
Photo: Thomas Mathis, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.