Mouse-tail bog sedge

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Carex myosuroides

Mouse-tail bog sedge, a reference photo
Photo: Daderot · CC0 (licence)

Carex myosuroides (syn. Kobresia myosuroides), the mouse-tail bog sedge, is a species of sedge (family Cyperaceae) with a circumboreal distribution. It is the only known sedge to have ectomycorrhizal associations.

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Mouse-tail bog sedge being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

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Classification

Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Poales
Family
Cyperaceae
Genus
Carex
Species
Carex myosuroides

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