Cyperaceae
Boreal bog sedge
Carex magellanica
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Carex
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Common names
By language (3)
- Czech
- Ostřice vrchovištní
- English
- Boreal bog sedge
- Welsh
- Hesgen eurwerdd lefn
Synonyms
- Carex atrata subsp. magellanica (Lam.) Wahlenb.
- Carex atrata var. magellanica (Lam.) Wahlenb.
- Carex limosa var. magellanica (Lam.) Fiori
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Greenland: native, Lower 48 states: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native
Photos
Photo: Jill Lee from Bar Harbor, ME, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Marko Vainu, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Len Worthington, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Marko Vainu, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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.