Cladium mariscus

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Kingdom Plantae Family Cyperaceae Scientific name Cladium mariscus Rank Species		Order Poales Genus Cladium Higher classification Cladium

Similar Cladium, Sedges, Schoenus nigricans, Schoenus, Carex paniculata

Cladium mariscus is a species of flowering plant in the sedge family known by the common names swamp sawgrass, great fen-sedge, saw-sedge or sawtooth sedge. Previously it was known as elk sedge. It is native of temperate Europe and Asia where it grows in base-rich boggy areas and lakesides. It can be up to 2.5 metres (8 ft 2 in) tall, and has leaves with hard serrated edges.

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Subspecies

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C. m. californicum (S.Watson) Govaerts - California, Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah, Texas, Sonora, Coahuila

C. m. intermedium Kük. - Australia, New Caledonia

C. m. jamaicense (Crantz) Kük. - Latin America from Mexico to Argentina; West Indies; southeastern United States from Texas to Delaware; naturalized in tropical Africa and on many oceanic islands including Canary Islands, Madagascar, New Guinea, Hawaii

C. m. mariscus - Europe, northern Asia and North Africa from Ireland and Morocco to Japan, including Germany, Italy, France, Scandinavia, Poland, Balkans, Ukraine, Russia, Siberia, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Himalayas, Kazakhstan, China, Korea

Cladium mariscus Great FenSedge Sedge Saw Cladium mariscus Biopix photoimage

Cladium mariscus Cladium mariscus L Pohl Great Fensedge Flora of Northern

References

Cladium mariscus Wikipedia

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