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Carex

Carex is a vast genus of over 2,000 species of grass-like plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges (or seg, in older books). Other members of the family Cyperaceae are also called sedges; however, those of genus Carex may be called true sedges. Carex is the most species-rich genus in the family. The study of Carex is known as caricology.

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Carex

Nodes102
Edges101
Triples70
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.019608
Components1

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Carex

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related to Use by Native Americans · 21
Carex → Arizona, California, Kayenta, Mendocino County, Montana, The, The Blackfoot, The Cherokee, The Coast Salish, The Goshute, The Jemez, The Klamath, The Navajo, The Nlaka'pamux, The Ohlone, The Oregon Paiute, The Pomo, The Songhees, The Wailaki, The Yuki
related to Other uses · 10
Carex → British Antarctic Expedition, Carsten Borchgrevink, During, Finn, Finnmarken, Sennegrass, Socks, South Pole, Species, Sámi
related to Ornamental · 9
Carex → Aurea, Bowles, Evergold, Garden Merit, Native, Propagation, Royal Horticultural Society's Award, Some, The
related to External links · 6
Carex → Carices, Interactive Visual Identification, Jones, LSU HerbariumeMonocot Cyperaceae Archived, North America, Wayback Machine
related to Fossil record · 6
Carex → Central Jutland, Denmark, Fasterholt, Miocene, Several, Silkeborg
related to Description · 5
Carex → All, It, The, They, Where
related to Taxonomy and cytogenetics · 5
Carex → Carl Linnaeus, Chromosome, Estimates, Species Plantarum, The
is a · 4
Carex → bottle-shaped bract surrounding each female flower, dry, most species-rich genus in the family, vast genus of over 2
related to Ecology and distribution · 3
Carex → Most, Saharan Africa, They
see also · 1
Carex → List

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Carexis avast genus of over 20.90text
Carexis amost species-rich genus in the family0.90text
Carexis abottle-shaped bract surrounding each female flower0.90text
Carexis adry0.90text
Carexrelated to DescriptionAll0.60section
Carexrelated to DescriptionThey0.60section
Carexrelated to DescriptionThe0.60section
Carexrelated to DescriptionIt0.60section
Carexrelated to DescriptionWhere0.60section
Carexrelated to Ecology and distributionSaharan Africa0.60section
Carexrelated to Ecology and distributionMost0.60section
Carexrelated to Ecology and distributionThey0.60section

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