Cyperaceae
True fox-sedge
Carex vulpina
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Carex
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![True fox-sedge: Carex vulpina Source : [1]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/db/Carex_vulpina1.jpg)
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Common names
By language (19)
- Belarusian
- Асака лісіная
- Bulgarian
- Лисича острица
- Chinese
- 狐狸苔草, 狐狸薹草
- Czech
- Ostřice liščí, Tuřice liščí
- Dutch
- Voszegge
- English
- True fox-sedge, True fox sedge
- Estonian
- Rebastarn
- Finnish
- Ketunsara
- French
- Laîche des renards, Laiche der renards, Laiche des renards
- German
- Fuchs-Segge, Fuchssegge
- hsb
- Lišča rězna
- Latvian
- Lapsu grīslis
- Macedonian
- Лисичина острика
- Polish
- Turzyca lisia
- Romanian
- Rogoz
- Russian
- Осока лисья, Осока сжатая
- Swedish
- Rävstarr
- Ukrainian
- Осока лисяча
- Welsh
- Hesgen dywysennog fawr
Synonyms
- Carex brotherorum Christ
- Carex compacta Lam.
- Carex glomerata Gilib. ex Bubani
- Carex mertensis Weihe ex Kunth
- Carex muricata Jungh.
- Carex reflexa F.Dietr.
- Carex spicata Thuill.
- Carex vulpina f. aristata Asch.
- Carex vulpina f. capitulata (Peterm.) Soó
- Carex vulpina f. elongata Andersson
- Carex vulpina f. laeviuscula Sanio ex Asch. & Graebn.
- Carex vulpina f. minor Peterm.
- Carex vulpina subsp. stribrnyi Velen.
- Carex vulpina var. acuta Gray
- Carex vulpina var. aristata Gray
- Carex vulpina var. compacta (Lam.) Velen.
- Carex vulpina var. crassinervis (Schur) Kük.
- Carex vulpina var. decomposita Gray
- Carex vulpina var. divulsa Čelak.
- Carex vulpina var. gracilis Gaudin
- Carex vulpina var. litoralis Nolte ex Asch. & Graebn.
- Carex vulpina var. longibracteata Beck
- Carex vulpina var. pallidior Meinsh.
- Carex vulpina var. remotiflora Lange
- Carex vulpina var. stribrnyi (Velen.) Kük.
- Carex vulpina var. tenuior Trevir.
- Carex vulpina var. vulgaris Čelak.
- Edritria vulpina (L.) Raf.
- Vignea vulpina (L.) Rchb.
- Vignea vulpina f. capitulata Peterm.
- Vignea vulpina var. crassinervis Schur
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
Photos
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Photo: Daderot, CC0, 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); US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.