Carex multicaulis
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Carex multicaulis is a species of sedge known by the common name manystem sedge. It is native to California, western Nevada, and southern Oregon, where it grows in chaparral and open forest montane habitats.
Description
This reedlike sedge produces clumps of narrow stems up to 50 or 60 centimeters tall, with short, folded or rolled leaves. The inflorescence is a narrow cluster of spike-shaped staminate flowers above a cluster of more rounded pistillate flowers.
External links
- [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?7928,7931,8023 Jepson Manual Treatment — Carex multicaulis]
- [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=CAMU5 USDA Plants Profile: Carex multicaulis]
- [http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=242357346 Flora of North America]
- [http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Carex+multicaulis Carex multicaulis — U.C. Photo gallery]
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Category:Flora of the Sierra Nevada (United States)
Category:Natural history of the California Coast Ranges
Category:Natural history of the Peninsular Ranges
Category:Natural history of the Transverse Ranges
Category:San Bernardino Mountains
Category:San Gabriel Mountains
Category:Plants described in 1884
Category:Flora without expected TNC conservation status
Category:Taxa named by Liberty Hyde Bailey
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