Carex à grandes soies vs carex maigre

Carex macrochaeta compared with Carex exilis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Carex à grandes soies	carex maigre
Kingdom same	Plantae (plante)	Plantae (plante)
Phylum same	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class same	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order same	Poales (Grasses)	Poales (Grasses)
Family same	Cyperaceae	Cyperaceae
Genus same	Carex	Carex
Species	Carex macrochaeta	Carex exilis

Evolutionary Relationship

Carex à grandes soies and carex maigre share a common ancestor at the Genus level: Carex.

Conservation Status

Carex à grandes soies

LC — Least Concern

carex maigre

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Carex à grandes soies	carex maigre
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Carex à grandes soies

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada, Norway, and United States.

carex maigre

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada, France, and United States.

Carex à grandes soies

The Alaska Large Awn Sedge (Carex macrochaeta) is a species in the genus Carex. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

carex maigre

Coast sedge (Carex exilis) is a slender, tufted perennial sedge in the family Cyperaceae, native to boggy and peaty habitats in northeastern North America, from Newfoundland and Labrador south through New England and the Great Lakes region to the mid-Atlantic states. It grows in sphagnum bogs, fens, moist sandy peats, and the margins of coastal plain ponds—habitats characterised by low nutrient availability, high moisture, and acidic soils. The species produces narrow, grass-like leaves and small, inconspicuous flower spikes typical of the vast Carex genus, which is one of the largest and most ecologically diverse plant genera on Earth. Coast sedge is assessed as Least Concern by the IUCN, reflecting its distribution across a range of protected coastal plain and boreal wetland habitats in northeastern North America. The coastal plain ponds it inhabits are considered globally rare ecosystems of high botanical interest. Like many sedges, coast sedge provides important habitat structure for invertebrates, breeding birds such as sedge wrens, and small mammals in wetland communities.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 2 countries:

🇨🇦 Canada 🇺🇸 United States