Button Sedge vs Elegant Water Shrew

Carex bullata compared with Nectogale elegans

Key Differences

• Button Sedge is Data Deficient while Elegant Water Shrew is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Button Sedge	Elegant Water 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	Nectogale
Species	Carex bullata	Nectogale elegans

Conservation Status

Button Sedge

DD — Data Deficient

Elegant Water Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Button Sedge	Elegant Water Shrew
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Button Sedge

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.

Elegant Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Button Sedge

The Button Sedge (Carex bullata) is a species in the genus Carex. It is currently classified as Data Deficient on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.