Carex amplectens

{{Short description|Species of grass-like plant}}

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|image = JEPS109118 Carex amplectens (5622477482).jpg

|genus = Carex

|display_parents = 2

|parent = Carex sect. Ovales

|species = amplectens

|authority = Mack.

| status = G2

| status_system = TNC

| status_ref = {{cite web | url=https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.142159 | title=NatureServe Explorer 2.0 }}

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Carex amplectens, the claspbract sedge, is a species of sedge that was first described by Kenneth Mackenzie in 1917.{{cite web|url=http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-224457|title=Carex amplectens|publisher=The Plant List|year=2010|accessdate=6 December 2014}}