Bracted Sedge vs Great Flying Fox

Carex radiata compared with Pteropus neohibernicus

Key Differences

• Bracted Sedge is Not Evaluated while Great Flying Fox is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bracted Sedge	Great Flying Fox
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Poales (Grasses)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Cyperaceae	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Carex	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)
Species	Carex radiata	Pteropus neohibernicus

Conservation Status

Bracted Sedge

NE — Not Evaluated

Great Flying Fox

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bracted Sedge	Great Flying Fox
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bracted Sedge

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.

Great Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Bracted Sedge

The Bracted sedge (Carex radiata) is a species in the genus Carex. Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes. It is found in Canada and United States.