| Carex pseudocyperus | |
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| Male spike (top) and three female spikes (bottom) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Spermatophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Cyperaceae |
| Genus: | Carex |
| Subgenus: | Carex subg. Carex |
| Section: | Carex sect. Vesicariae |
| Species: | C. pseudocyperus
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| Binomial name | |
| Carex pseudocyperus | |
Carex pseudocyperus is a species of flowering plant in the sedge family known by the common name cyperus sedge1 or hop sedge.2 It grows in marshes, swamps, and the margins of ponds, rivers and canals. The stems can be up to 90 centimetres (35 in) with one male spike and 3 to 5 pendulous female spikes, and bright yellow-green leaves to 1.2 metres (3 ft 11 in).234
References
References
- BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
- Fitter, Richard; Fitter, Alastair; Farrer, Ann (1984). Collins Guide to the Grasses, Sedges, Rushes and Ferns of Britain and Northern Europe. London. p. 142. ISBN 0-00-219136-9.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Stace, Clive A. (2010). New flora of the British isles (Third ed.). Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press. p. 965. ISBN 9780521707725.
- "Online Atlas of the British and Irish Flora".