Carex vernacula
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Carex vernacula is a species of sedge known by the common name native sedge.
Distribution
This sedge is native to the western United States, where it grows in moist mountain habitat in alpine climates and higher subalpine elevations. It often arises in cold pools of snowmelt.
Description
Carex vernacula produces clumps of erect stems 30 to 40 centimeters in maximum height, and sometimes forms colonies connected by rhizome networks. The inflorescence is a dense, tangled clump of flower spikes. The fruit is coated in a green-edged brown perigynium.
External links
- [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?7928,7931,8075 Jepson Manual Treatment - Carex vernacula]
- [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=CAVE5 USDA Plants Profile: Carex vernacula]
- [http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=242357614 Flora of North America]
- [http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Carex+vernacula Carex vernacula - Photo gallery]
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Category:Flora of the Western United States
Category:Flora of the Sierra Nevada (United States)
Category:Flora of the West Coast of the United States
Category:Plants described in 1893
Category:Flora without expected TNC conservation status
Category:Taxa named by Liberty Hyde Bailey
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