BISH 577730Botany

Carex arcta

northern clustered sedge

As recorded: Carex arcta Boott

Plantae › Tracheophyta › Liliopsida › Poales › Cyperaceae

Collected by: St.John, H.
Collector number: 27021
Date: June 8, 1914
Locality: Sullivan Co.; Mt. Sunapee
Region: New Hampshire, United States
Record type: Preserved specimen

2 Bishop specimens of Carex arcta · collected 1893–1914Species page ›

Collected the same day

On June 8, 1914, St.John, H. also collected 20 other specimens.

Carex arcta observed alive

This specimen was collected in 1914. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 103 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-09-06.

2026-09-06

Cook County, MN, USA

(c) Tony Ernst, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-09-05

Afterglow Dr, Friday Harbor, WA, US

(c) Adam Martin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-09-02

Halston Ave, Kamloops 1, BC, CA

(c) Z, some rights reserved (CC BY)

2026-08-27

Nipissing District, ON, Canada

(c) Sean Blaney, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-08-18

Division No. 17, CA-SK, CA

(c) Dustin Snider, some rights reserved (CC BY)

2026-08-16

Hudson Bay No. 394, SK, CA

(c) Dustin Snider, some rights reserved (CC BY)

Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.

Cite this specimen

Carex arcta. BISH 577730. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956369000. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/577730.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 5956369000 ↗
Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
Last harvested October 26, 2026