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Carex viridula Michx.

small-fruited yellow sedge (Cyperaceae)

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Synonym | Carex oederi Retz.

Carex oederi is a mostly coastal yellow sedge that has all its female spikes tightly clustered together, unlike Carex demissa, in which the lowest one is more distant.

Sandwood (VC108: West Sutherland); 2018-08-22

 small-fruited yellow sedge / Carex viridula: _Carex oederi_ is a mostly coastal yellow sedge that has all its female spikes tightly clustered together, unlike _Carex demissa_, in which the lowest one is more distant.

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