Lanceolate sedge

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Carex lanceolata Boott

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 (ヒカゲスゲ)

Hikagesuge (ヒカゲスゲ, 日陰菅), lanceolate sedge
Lifeform: turfed perennial sedge
Distribution: northeastern Asia, including the whole of Japan
Habitat: rocky sites and forest edges

Synonyms:

Carex floribunda (Korsh.) Meinsh.
Carex subpediformis (Kük.) Sutô et T. Suzuki
Carex prevernalis Kitag.
Carex lanceolata Boott var. subpediformis Kük.
Carex humilis Leyss. var. subpediformis (Kük.) T. Koyama
Carex humilis Leyss. ssp. lanceolata (Boott) T. Koyama

var. laxa Ohwi (カラフトヒカゲスゲ)

Carex lanceolata in Hokkaido

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[1-3] near Yosomi Craters at the foot of Mount Usu on June 27 2021.