Carex forficula, also known as scissors-like sedge[1] and xi shui tai cao in pinyin in China,[2] is a tussock-forming species of perennial sedge in the family Cyperaceae. It is native to Japan, Korea, and eastern parts of China and Russia.[3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Cyperaceae |
| Genus: | Carex |
| Species: | C. forficula
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The species was first formally described by the botanists Adrien René Franchet and Ludovic Savatier in 1878 as a part of the work Enumeratio Plantarum in Japonia Sponte Crescentium.[2]
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- ^ English Names for Korean Native Plants (PDF). Pocheon: Korea National Arboretum. 2015. p. 68. ISBN 978-89-97450-98-5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 4 February 2023 – via Korea Forest Service.
- ^ a b "Carex forficula Franch. & Sav". Tropicos. Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
- ^ "Carex forficula Franch. & Sav". Kew Science – Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 9 February 2023.