Cyperaceae
Chaffy sedge
Carex paleacea
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Carex
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Carex paleaceaCyperaceae
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Common names
By language (5)
- English
- Chaffy sedge
- Finnish
- Vihnesara
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Havstarr
- Persian
- کارکس پالسیا
- Swedish
- Strandstarr
Synonyms
- Carex crinita var. paleacea (Schreb. ex Wahlenb.) Dewey
- Carex gardneri Lepage
- Carex gauthieri Lepage
- Carex maritima O.F.Müll.
- Carex maritima f. brunnescens (F.Nyl.) Almq.
- Carex maritima var. brunnescens F.Nyl.
- Carex maritima var. erectiuscula Fernald
- Carex neopaleacea Lepage
- Carex palacea f. neopalacea B.Boivin
- Carex palacea var. lepagei B.Boivin
- Carex paleacea f. erectiuscula (Fernald) Fernald
- Carex paleacea f. neopaleacea (Lepage) B.Boivin
- Carex paleacea f. paleacea
- Carex paleacea var. lepagei B.Boivin
- Carex paleacea var. transatlantica Fernald
- Carex paleaceoides Lepage
- Carex paralia V.I.Krecz.
- Carex sublimosa Lepage
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native
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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.