Carex tristis

{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}

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|image=Carex tristis 58642300.jpg

|image_caption=In Teberda Nature Reserve

|genus=Carex

|species=tristis

|authority=M.Bieb.

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|synonyms=

• Carex aladagensis {{small|Kük. ex J.Schultze-Motel}}
• Carex ferruginea {{small|Steven}}
• Carex ferruginea subsp. tristis {{small|(M.Bieb.) Nyman}}
• Carex hispidula subsp. karaczaica {{small|E.A.Busch}}
• Carex meinshauseniana {{small|V.I.Krecz.}}
• Carex schottii {{small|Boiss.}}
• Carex sempervirens subsp. tristis {{small|(M.Bieb.) Kük.}}

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Carex tristis is a species of sedge (family Cyperaceae), native to the Caucasus Mountains and adjoining areas.{{cite POWO |id=302735-1 |title=Carex tristis M.Bieb. |access-date=31 August 2022 }} It is the most abundant plant species found on summits.{{cite journal |url=http://eprints.iliauni.edu.ge/5851 |title=Alpine Plant Distribution and Thermic Vegetation Indicator on Gloria Summits in the Central Greater Caucasus |journal=Pakistan Journal of Botany |date=October 2016 |volume=48 |issue=5 |pages=1893–1902 |last1=Gigauri |first1=Khatuna |last2=Akhalkatsi |first2=Maia |last3=Abdaladze |first3=Otar |last4=Nakhutsrishvili |first4=Gia }}