Panarctic Flora

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3309066 Carex media R. Br. ex Richardson

Distribution

Northern Fennoscandia: Rare
Kanin - Pechora: Rare
Polar Ural - Novaya Zemlya: Rare
Yamal - Gydan: Rare
Taimyr - Severnaya Zemlya: Rare
West Chukotka: Presence uncertain
South Chukotka: Rare
East Chukotka: Rare
Western Alaska: Rare
Northern Alaska - Yukon: Scattered
Central Canada: Rare
Hudson Bay - Labrador: Rare
Shrub Tundra: Scattered
Bordering boreal or alpine areas: Frequent

GBIF

2n= 54 56. - Europe (N), Far East (N), Alaska, Canada. - At least nine reports, partly for C. norvegica.

Geography: Circumboreal-polar: NOR RUS SIB RFE ALA CAN.

Notes: In Norway, Carex media is found north to the Arctic at Kjøllefjord in Lebesby (O), to the Borderline Arctic at Skittenelv in Vadsø (O).

Elven and Murray: Carex media is often considered a subspecies of C. norvegica in European literature. We consider it specifically distinct. The two taxa are largely sympatric in northern Europe. The proposed hybrids we have studied belong to misidentified C. norvegica s. str.

Higher Taxa