Accumulating Sedge vs Long-clawed Shrew

Carex cumulata compared with Sorex unguiculatus

Key Differences

• Accumulating Sedge is Not Evaluated while Long-clawed Shrew is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Accumulating Sedge	Long-clawed Shrew
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Poales (Grasses)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Cyperaceae	Soricidae
Genus	Carex	Sorex
Species	Carex cumulata	Sorex unguiculatus

Conservation Status

Accumulating Sedge

NE — Not Evaluated

Long-clawed Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Accumulating Sedge	Long-clawed Shrew
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Accumulating Sedge

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.

Long-clawed Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Accumulating Sedge

The Accumulating Sedge (Carex cumulata) is a species in the genus Carex. It is not yet evaluated on the IUCN Red List. It is found across Canada and United States, inhabiting grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.