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Two pair of sealskin kamiit. Left, winter kamik, right, summer kamik. Mukluks [1] or kamik (Inuktitut: ᑲᒥᒃ [2]) (singular: ᑲᒪᒃ kamak, plural: ᑲᒦᑦ kamiit) are soft boots, traditionally made of reindeer (caribou) skin or sealskin, and worn by Indigenous Arctic peoples, including Inuit, Iñupiat, and Yup'ik.
Carex divisa is a species of sedge known by the common names divided sedge [1] [2] and separated sedge. [3] It is native to Europe, Asia, and North Africa, and considered naturalized in Australia, New Zealand, and scattered locations in North America.
Carex is a vast genus of over 2,000 species [2] of grass-like plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges (or seg, in older books). Other members of the family Cyperaceae are also called sedges, however those of genus Carex may be called true sedges, and it is the most species-rich genus in the family. The study of Carex is known ...
Carex secalina, the rye sedge, is a species of flowering plant in the family Cyperaceae. [2] It is native to central and eastern Europe, the Caucasus, Iran, Kazakhstan, and on to Siberia, and it has been introduced to the Russian Far East, Belgium, and New York State. [ 1 ]
Snow boots are waterproof or water resistant, but winter boots are not. The two boot types have different uses. The snow boot is used on very wet or snowy conditions, while winter boots are better used on well-maintained roads or paths, or even while shopping. Snow boots are made of easy-to-clean materials, but winter boots are not.
Carex platyphylla, called the broad leaf sedge and silver sedge, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Carex, native to southeast Canada, and the north-central and eastern United States. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It is often found in the same forests as Carex plantaginea , also a broad-leaved species, but they do not compete, as C. plantaginea prefers ...
Carex appalachica, the Appalachian sedge, is a species of flowering plant in the family Cyperaceae, native to eastern temperate forests of the United States and Canada. [1] The plant is wide-ranging in the American Northeast and Southern Canada while in the southern reaches of their range they are generally restricted to high elevations. [ 2 ]
Carex scabrata, the eastern rough sedge, is a species of flowering plant in the family Cyperaceae. [2] It is native to eastern Canada and the eastern United States (but in the southeast it is confined to the Appalachians ), with one collection each in the Ozark and Ouachita Mountains .