black-spiked sedge vs Eastern Mole

Carex melanostachya compared with Scalopus aquaticus

Key Differences

• black-spiked sedge is Not Evaluated while Eastern Mole is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	black-spiked sedge	Eastern Mole
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Poales (Grasses)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Cyperaceae	Talpidae
Genus	Carex	Scalopus
Species	Carex melanostachya	Scalopus aquaticus

Conservation Status

black-spiked sedge

NE — Not Evaluated

Eastern Mole

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	black-spiked sedge	Eastern Mole
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

black-spiked sedge

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Belarus, Belgium, Canada, Russia, and Sweden.

Eastern Mole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

black-spiked sedge

The Black-spiked sedge (Carex melanostachya) is a species in the genus Carex. Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.