black-spiked sedge vs Mongolian Mountain Vole

Carex melanostachya compared with Alticola semicanus

Key Differences

• black-spiked sedge is Not Evaluated while Mongolian Mountain Vole is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	black-spiked sedge	Mongolian Mountain Vole
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Poales (Grasses)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Cyperaceae	Cricetidae
Genus	Carex	Alticola
Species	Carex melanostachya	Alticola semicanus

Conservation Status

black-spiked sedge

NE — Not Evaluated

Mongolian Mountain Vole

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	black-spiked sedge	Mongolian Mountain Vole
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.

Mongolian Mountain Vole

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.