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Internal ID UUID643ff2301f7cf741052883
Scientific name Carex albursina
Authority E.Sheld.
First published in Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 20: 284 (1893)

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Carex albursina, also known as White Bear sedge or blunt-scaled wood sedge, is a type of sedge with wide leaves. It is commonly found in moist deciduous or mixed woods in eastern North America. The plant was named after White Bear Lake in Minnesota, where it was discovered by Edmund Sheldon in the 1890s. The leaves of this sedge can range from 10 to 38 mm wide and 10 to 35 cm long.

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Carex lasiocarpa var. latifolia (Boeckeler) Gilly Iowa State Coll. J. Sci. 21: 125 (1946)
Carex laxiflora var. latifolia Boott Ill. Gen. Carex 1: 38 (1858)

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Language Common/alternative name
English white bear sedge
French carex du lac à l'ours-blanc

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  • Northern America
    • Eastern Canada
      • Ontario
      • Québec
    • North-central U.S.A.
      • Illinois
      • Iowa
      • Minnesota
      • Missouri
      • Oklahoma
      • Wisconsin
    • Northeastern U.S.A.
      • Connecticut
      • Indiana
      • Massachusetts
      • Michigan
      • New Hampshire
      • New Jersey
      • New York
      • Ohio
      • Pennsylvania
      • Vermont
      • West Virginia
    • Southeastern U.S.A.
      • Alabama
      • Arkansas
      • Delaware
      • District Of Columbia
      • Georgia
      • Kentucky
      • Maryland
      • Mississippi
      • North Carolina
      • South Carolina
      • Tennessee
      • Virginia

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000344300
Flora of Alabama 3881
Canadensys 4732
USDA Plants CAAL11
Tropicos 9901475
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:45694-2
The Plant List kew-224375
Open Tree Of Life 866622
NCBI Taxonomy 312728
Nature Serve 2.140301
IPNI 45694-2
iNaturalist 159866
GBIF 2724040
WisFlora 2885
EOL 1124994
Wikipedia Carex_albursina

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