Carex forficula explained

Carex forficula, also known as scissors-like sedge^[1] and xi shui tai cao in pinyin in China, is a tussock-forming species of perennial sedge in the family Cyperaceae. It is native to Japan, Korea, and eastern parts of China and Russia.^[2]

The species was first formally described by the botanists Adrien René Franchet and Ludovic Savatier in 1878 as a part of the work Enumeratio Plantarum in Japonia Sponte Crescentium.^[3]

See also

• List of Carex species

Notes and References

1. Book: English Names for Korean Native Plants. Korea National Arboretum. 2015. 978-89-97450-98-5. Pocheon. 68. 4 February 2023. Korea Forest Service. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20170525105020/http://www.forest.go.kr/kna/special/download/English_Names_for_Korean_Native_Plants.pdf. 25 May 2017.
2. Web site: Carex forficula Franch. & Sav. . 9 February 2023 . Kew Science – Plants of the World Online.
3. Web site: Carex forficula Franch. & Sav. . 9 February 2023. Tropicos. Missouri Botanical Garden.