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	Carex arenaria  L.

Fam.: Cyperaceae / Sedge Fam.

Genus:  Carex  L.

Authors:
	L.:		Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals

Etymology:
	Carex:		carere = missing (seeds are missing at the upper male spike of many species)
	arenaria:		on sandy soil

Fig. 1:  Carex arenaria / Sand Sedge (on an inland dune) D Viernheim 5.6.2026

Fig. 2:  Carex arenaria / Sand Sedge (on an inland dune) D Viernheim 5.6.2026

Fig. 3:  Carex arenaria / Sand Sedge (on an inland dune) D Viernheim 5.6.2026

Fig. 4:  Carex arenaria / Sand Sedge (on an inland dune) D Viernheim 5.6.2026

Fig. 5:  Carex arenaria / Sand Sedge (on an inland dune) D Viernheim 5.6.2026

Fig. 6:  Carex arenaria / Sand Sedge (on an inland dune) D Viernheim 5.6.2026

Fig. 7:  Carex arenaria / Sand Sedge (on an inland dune) D Viernheim 5.6.2026

Fig. 8:  Carex arenaria / Sand Sedge (on an inland dune) D Viernheim 5.6.2026

Fig. 9:  Carex arenaria / Sand Sedge (on an inland dune) D Viernheim 5.6.2026

Fig. 10:  Carex arenaria / Sand Sedge (on an inland dune) D Viernheim 5.6.2026

Fig. 11:  Carex arenaria / Sand Sedge (on an inland dune) D Viernheim 16.7.2025

Fig. 12:  Carex arenaria / Sand Sedge (on an inland dune) D Viernheim 16.7.2025

Fig. 13:  Carex arenaria / Sand Sedge D Fehmarn 3.8.2009

Fig. 14:  Carex arenaria / Sand Sedge D Fehmarn 3.8.2009

Fig. 15:  Carex arenaria / Sand Sedge D Fehmarn 3.8.2009

Fig. 16:  Carex arenaria / Sand Sedge D Fehmarn 3.8.2009

Fig. 17:  Carex arenaria / Sand Sedge (on dunes) D Hohwacht 13.9.2021

Fig. 18:  Carex arenaria / Sand Sedge (on dunes) D Hohwacht 13.9.2021

Fig. 19:  Carex arenaria / Sand Sedge (on dunes) D Hohwacht 13.9.2021

Fig. 20:  Carex arenaria / Sand Sedge (on dunes) D Hohwacht 13.9.2021

Fig. 21:  Carex arenaria / Sand Sedge (on dunes) D Hohwacht 13.9.2021

Fig. 22:  Carex arenaria / Sand Sedge (on dunes) D Hohwacht 13.9.2021

Fig. 23:  Carex arenaria / Sand Sedge (on dunes) D Hohwacht 13.9.2021

Fig. 24:  Carex arenaria / Sand Sedge (on dunes) S Beddinge Strand 5.8.2009

Fig. 25:  Carex arenaria / Sand Sedge (on dunes) S Beddinge Strand 5.8.2009

Fig. 26:  Carex arenaria / Sand Sedge (on dunes) S Halmstad 14.8.2010

Fig. 27:  Carex arenaria / Sand Sedge (on dunes) S Halmstad 14.8.2010

Fig. 28:  Carex arenaria / Sand Sedge (on dunes) S Öland, Böda Strand 9.8.2009

Fig. 29:  Carex arenaria / Sand Sedge (on dunes) S Öland, Böda Strand 9.8.2009

Fig. 30:  Carex arenaria / Sand Sedge (on dunes) IRL County Kerry, Glenbeigh 16.6.2012

Fig. 31:  Carex arenaria / Sand Sedge (on dunes) IRL County Kerry, Glenbeigh 16.6.2012

Fig. 32:  Carex arenaria / Sand Sedge (on dunes) IRL County Kerry, Glenbeigh 16.6.2012

Fig. 33:  Carex arenaria / Sand Sedge (on dunes) IRL County Kerry, Glenbeigh 16.6.2012

Fig. 34:  Carex arenaria / Sand Sedge (on dunes) IRL County Sligo, Mullaghmore 18.6.2012

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