Broad-Fruited Sedge vs Pacific Flying Fox

Carex tenera compared with Pteropus tonganus

Key Differences

• Broad-Fruited Sedge is Not Evaluated while Pacific Flying Fox is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Broad-Fruited Sedge	Pacific 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 tenera	Pteropus tonganus

Conservation Status

Broad-Fruited Sedge

NE — Not Evaluated

Pacific Flying Fox

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Broad-Fruited Sedge	Pacific Flying Fox
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Broad-Fruited Sedge

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada, Sweden, and United States.

Pacific Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Broad-Fruited Sedge

The Broad-Fruited Sedge (Carex tenera) is a species in the genus Carex. Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.