Alaska Large Awn Sedge vs Lemming Mountain Vole

Carex macrochaeta compared with Alticola lemminus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Alaska Large Awn Sedge	Lemming Mountain Vole
Kingdom	Plantae (พืช)	Animalia (สัตว์)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (สัตว์มีแกนสันหลัง)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (สัตว์เลี้ยงลูกด้วยน้ำนม)
Order	Poales (อันดับหญ้า)	Rodentia (อันดับสัตว์ฟันแทะ)
Family	Cyperaceae	Cricetidae
Genus	Carex	Alticola
Species	Carex macrochaeta	Alticola lemminus

Conservation Status

Alaska Large Awn Sedge

LC — Least Concern

Lemming Mountain Vole

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Alaska Large Awn Sedge	Lemming Mountain Vole
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Alaska Large Awn Sedge

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada, Norway, and United States.

Lemming Mountain Vole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Alaska Large Awn Sedge

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.