''Carex laevigata'', the smooth-stalked sedge,
is a species of
sedge
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. It lives in moist, shady environment in the
lowland
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Definitions
Upland and lowland are portions of p ...
s of
Western
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Places
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and
Central Europe
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, particularly in
alder–ash woodland.
It is distinguished from similar species, such as ''
C. binervis'' and ''
C. distans'' by the presence of tiny red dots on the
utricles.
''Carex laevigata'' was
first described by
James Edward Smith in 1800, in a paper in the journal ''
Transactions of the Linnean Society of London
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''.
References
External links
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laevigata
Flora of Europe
Plants described in 1800
Taxa named by James Edward Smith
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