Carex nudata
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- Carex acutina L.H.Bailey
- Carex aperta var. angustifolia Boott
- Carex bishallii C.B.Clarke
- Carex hallii L.H.Bailey
- Carex pulchella Holm
- Carex suborbiculata Mack.
- Carex tenacissima Suksd.
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Carex nudata is a species of true sedge known by several common names, including torrent sedge, California black-flowering sedge, Dudley's sedge, and naked sedge.
Distribution
This sedge is found in California, Oregon, and Washington. It grows amidst rocks and developing a dense mounding bunchgrass type form, in coastal and in montane habitats.
Description
Carex nudata is a bright green sedge which grows in mounds below the high-water mark in marshes and on river banks. It bears long scaly spikes of black, dark reddish or dusky brown flowers, which begin erect and then droop when they become heavy.
External links
- [http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/species_query.cgi?where-calrecnum=1605 Calflora: Carex nudata]
- [https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=17676 Jepson Manual (TJM2) treatment of Carex nudata]
- [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=CANU5 USDA Plants Profile: Carex nudata]
- [http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Carex+nudata UC CalPhotos gallery: Carex nudata]
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Category:Flora of Washington (state)
Category:Flora of the Klamath Mountains
Category:Flora of the Sierra Nevada (United States)
Category:Natural history of the California chaparral and woodlands
Category:Plants described in 1880
Category:Taxa named by Sereno Watson
Category:Flora without expected TNC conservation status
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