''Carex vulpina'', the true fox sedge, is a species in the genus ''

Carex ''Carex'' is a vast genus of more than 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'' ...

'', native to Europe and western Asia. It is difficult to distinguish it from its close relative ''

Carex otrubae ''Carex otrubae'', the false fox-sedge, is a species of flowering plant in the sedge family, Cyperaceae. Description It grows tall with the leaves being linear and wide. Both inflorescence and lanceolate are long. Its utricles are either pal ...

'', false fox sedge.

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{{Taxonbar, from=Q158521 vulpina Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus Plants described in 1753