Carex flacca, with common names blue sedge, gray carex, glaucous sedge, or carnation-grass, (syn. Carex glauca), is a species of sedge native to parts of Europe and North Africa. It is frequent in a range of habitats, including grasslands, moorlands, exposed and disturbed soil, and the upper edges of salt marshes. It has naturalized in eastern North America.
Photo: @drakiragavon · iNaturalist · CC BY-NC
Blue sedge
Carex flacca
- Observations in the area
- 2
- Last sighting
- 20 April 2025
- Category
- Plants
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Where it has been observed
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Photo: Wolfgang Bettighofer · iNaturalist · CC BY-NC
Photo: @carnifex · iNaturalist · CC BY
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Photo: William Van Hemessen · iNaturalist · CC BY-NC
Photo: William Van Hemessen · iNaturalist · CC BY-NC
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