''Carex arenaria'', or sand sedge, is a species of
perennial sedge of the genus ''
Carex'' which is commonly found growing in dunes and other sandy habitats, as the
species epithet Specific name may refer to:
* in Database management systems, a system-assigned name that is unique within a particular database
In taxonomy, either of these two meanings, each with its own set of rules:
* Specific name (botany)
A botanical name ...
suggests (
Latin , "sandy"). It grows by long
stolon
In biology, stolons (from Latin '' stolō'', genitive ''stolōnis'' – "branch"), also known as runners, are horizontal connections between organisms. They may be part of the organism, or of its skeleton; typically, animal stolons are external s ...
s under the soil surface.
External links
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Flora Europaea: Carex arenaria L
*Nordic virtual flor
Carex, arenaria
Plants described in 1753
Flora of Europe
Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
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