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boreal bog sedge, poor sedge

tribulation sedge

Carex magellanica

Carex tribuloides

Flowering time June-August June-August
Habitat Peatlands, swamps, wet meadows, and lakeshores. Ditches, marshes, wet meadows, wet thickets, receding shorelines, and freshwater intertidal shores.
Distribution
Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in northern Washington; Alaska to Washington, east to Idaho, Montana, Utah, and Colorado, also to the Great Lakes region and eastern North America; circumboreal; also in South America.
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Occurring west of the Cascades crest in lowland western Washington; southwestern British Columbia to western Oregon; native to central and eastern North America.
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Origin Native Introduced from central and eastern North America
Conservation status Not of concern Not of concern
Sibling taxa
C. abrupta, C. agastachys, C. albonigra, C. amplifolia, C. angustata, C. anthoxanthea, C. aperta, C. aquatilis, C. arcta, C. atherodes, C. athrostachya, C. atrosquama, C. aurea, C. backii, C. bebbii, C. bolanderi, C. brevior, C. breweri, C. brunnescens, C. buchananii, C. buxbaumii, C. californica, C. canescens, C. capillaris, C. capitata, C. chordorrhiza, C. circinata, C. comosa, C. concinnoides, C. cordillerana, C. crawei, C. crawfordii, C. cusickii, C. davyi, C. deflexa, C. densa, C. deweyana, C. diandra, C. disperma, C. divulsa, C. douglasii, C. eburnea, C. echinata, C. engelmannii, C. exsiccata, C. feta, C. filifolia, C. flava, C. fracta, C. geyeri, C. gynocrates, C. halliana, C. hassei, C. haydeniana, C. hendersonii, C. heteroneura, C. hoodii, C. hystericina, C. illota, C. infirminervia, C. inops, C. integra, C. interior, C. interrupta, C. jonesii, C. kelloggii, C. kobomugi, C. lacustris, C. laeviculmis, C. lasiocarpa, C. leporina, C. leporinella, C. leptalea, C. leptopoda, C. limosa, C. livida, C. longii, C. luzulina, C. lyngbyei, C. macloviana, C. macrocephala, C. macrochaeta, C. media, C. mertensii, C. micropoda, C. microptera, C. nardina, C. nebrascensis, C. neurophora, C. nigricans, C. nudata, C. obnupta, C. obtusata, C. pachycarpa, C. pachystachya, C. pallescens, C. pansa, C. parryana, C. pauciflora, C. pellita, C. pendula, C. petasata, C. phaeocephala, C. pluriflora, C. praeceptorum, C. praegracilis, C. praticola, C. preslii, C. proposita, C. raynoldsii, C. retrorsa, C. rossii, C. rostrata, C. saxatilis, C. scirpoidea, C. scoparia, C. scopulorum, C. sheldonii, C. siccata, C. simulata, C. spectabilis, C. stenoptila, C. stipata, C. straminiformis, C. stylosa, C. subbracteata, C. subfusca, C. sychnocephala, C. sylvatica, C. tahoensis, C. tenera, C. tenuiflora, C. tribuloides, C. tumulicola, C. unilateralis, C. utriculata, C. vallicola, C. vernacula, C. vesicaria, C. viridula, C. vulpinoidea, C. zikae
C. abrupta, C. agastachys, C. albonigra, C. amplifolia, C. angustata, C. anthoxanthea, C. aperta, C. aquatilis, C. arcta, C. atherodes, C. athrostachya, C. atrosquama, C. aurea, C. backii, C. bebbii, C. bolanderi, C. brevior, C. breweri, C. brunnescens, C. buchananii, C. buxbaumii, C. californica, C. canescens, C. capillaris, C. capitata, C. chordorrhiza, C. circinata, C. comosa, C. concinnoides, C. cordillerana, C. crawei, C. crawfordii, C. cusickii, C. davyi, C. deflexa, C. densa, C. deweyana, C. diandra, C. disperma, C. divulsa, C. douglasii, C. eburnea, C. echinata, C. engelmannii, C. exsiccata, C. feta, C. filifolia, C. flava, C. fracta, C. geyeri, C. gynocrates, C. halliana, C. hassei, C. haydeniana, C. hendersonii, C. heteroneura, C. hoodii, C. hystericina, C. illota, C. infirminervia, C. inops, C. integra, C. interior, C. interrupta, C. jonesii, C. kelloggii, C. kobomugi, C. lacustris, C. laeviculmis, C. lasiocarpa, C. leporina, C. leporinella, C. leptalea, C. leptopoda, C. limosa, C. livida, C. longii, C. luzulina, C. lyngbyei, C. macloviana, C. macrocephala, C. macrochaeta, C. magellanica, C. media, C. mertensii, C. micropoda, C. microptera, C. nardina, C. nebrascensis, C. neurophora, C. nigricans, C. nudata, C. obnupta, C. obtusata, C. pachycarpa, C. pachystachya, C. pallescens, C. pansa, C. parryana, C. pauciflora, C. pellita, C. pendula, C. petasata, C. phaeocephala, C. pluriflora, C. praeceptorum, C. praegracilis, C. praticola, C. preslii, C. proposita, C. raynoldsii, C. retrorsa, C. rossii, C. rostrata, C. saxatilis, C. scirpoidea, C. scoparia, C. scopulorum, C. sheldonii, C. siccata, C. simulata, C. spectabilis, C. stenoptila, C. stipata, C. straminiformis, C. stylosa, C. subbracteata, C. subfusca, C. sychnocephala, C. sylvatica, C. tahoensis, C. tenera, C. tenuiflora, C. tumulicola, C. unilateralis, C. utriculata, C. vallicola, C. vernacula, C. vesicaria, C. viridula, C. vulpinoidea, C. zikae
Subordinate taxa
C. magellanica ssp. irrigua
C. tribuloides var. tribuloides
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