大披针薹草(原变种) da pi zhen tai cao (yuan bian zhong)

Carex lanceolata var. alashanica T. V. Egorova; C. longisquamata Meinshausen ex Komarov.

Culms 10-35 cm tall. Female spikes loosely or slightly densely 5-10-flowered. Female glumes lanceolate or obovate-lanceolate. Utricles 2-veined laterally and convexly several veined.

Forests, grasslands at forest margins, dry grasslands on sunny slopes; 100-2300 m. Anhui, Gansu, Guizhou, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Henan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Jilin, Liaoning, Nei Mongol, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang [Japan, Korea, Mongolia, Russia (Far East, E Siberia)].

The culms and leaves are used for making paper, and the young plants are used as animal feed.