| Name | Carex canescens subsp. canescens |
| Authorship | |
| Rank | Subspecies |
| NomenclaturalStatus | NomLeg |
| Placed in | Carex canescens Linnaeus |
| Holdings | 11 Specimens held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Carex canescens subsp. canescens |
| Identification made in | 2010 (11) |