Chestnut Sedge vs Eastern Mole

Carex castanea compared with Scalopus aquaticus

Key Differences

• Chestnut Sedge is Not Evaluated while Eastern Mole is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Sedge	Eastern 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	Scalopus
Species	Carex castanea	Scalopus aquaticus

Conservation Status

Chestnut Sedge

NE — Not Evaluated

Eastern Mole

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Sedge	Eastern Mole
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chestnut Sedge

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.

Eastern Mole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Chestnut Sedge

The Chestnut Sedge (Carex castanea) is a species in the genus Carex. Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.