Button Sedge vs Greater Chinese Mole

Carex bullata compared with Euroscaptor grandis

Key Differences

• Button Sedge is Data Deficient while Greater Chinese Mole is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Button Sedge	Greater Chinese 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	Euroscaptor
Species	Carex bullata	Euroscaptor grandis

Conservation Status

Button Sedge

DD — Data Deficient

Greater Chinese Mole

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Button Sedge	Greater Chinese Mole
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.

Greater Chinese Mole

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.