Creeper-like sedge

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Carex pseudocuraica F. Schmidt

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

Tsurusuge (ツルスゲ, 蔓菅), creeper-like sedge
Tsurukawazusuge (ツルカワズスゲ, 蔓蛙菅)

Lifeform: perennial sedge
Distribution: northeastern Asia, including south to the Tohoku District of Japan
Habitat: widespread in wetlands (湿原)

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[1/2] in Otanoshike marshland, eastern Hokkaido, on June 15 1995.