Low sedge

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Carex humilis Leyss.

Mount Usu / Sarobetsu post-mined peatland
From left: Crater basin in 1986 and 2006. Cottongrass / Daylily

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Carex L. (スゲ)

Section Digitatae

C. humilis Leyss.
var. humilis
Hinatasuge (ヒナタスゲ, 日向菅)
Distribution: Europe - Russia
Synonyms:

Carex scirrobasis Kitag.
Carex humilis Leyss. var. scirrobasis (Kitag.) Y. L. Chang et Y. L. Yang

var. nana (H. Lév. et Vaniot) Ohwi
Hosobahikagesuge (ホソバヒカゲスゲ, 細葉日陰菅), low sedge
Lifeform: short-rhizomatous perennial sedge
Distribution: China - Russia - Korea - Japan
Synonyms:

Carex nanella Ohwi
Carex humilis Leyss. ssp. nana (H. Lév. et Vaniot) T. Koyama
Carex callitrichos V. I. Krecz. var. nana (H. Lév. et Vaniot) Ohwi

Carex humilis in Japan

var. nana

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[1/2] close to Oi Pier Seaside Park, Tokyo, on June 3 2016.