Carex xerantica

{{Short description|Species of grass-like plant}}

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|species=xerantica

|authority=L.H.Bailey

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|synonyms=Carex foenea var. xerantica {{small|(L.H.Bailey) Kük.}}

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Carex xerantica, the dry sedge, dryland sedge, or white-scaled sedge, is a species of flowering plant in the family Cyperaceae, native to western and central Canada, and the north-central United States.{{cite POWO |id=47450-2 |title=Carex xerantica L.H.Bailey |access-date=14 October 2022 }}{{cite web |url=https://www.minnesotawildflowers.info/grass-sedge-rush/whitescale-sedge |title=Carex xerantica (Whitescale Sedge) |author= |date=2022 |website=MinnesotaWildflowers.info |publisher=Minnesota Wildflowers |access-date=14 October 2022 |quote=Also known as: Dry Sedge, Dry-land Sedge }}{{cite web |url=https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=CAXE |title=Carex xerantica |author= |date=30 October 2020 |website=Plant Database |publisher=Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center |access-date=14 October 2022 |quote=White-scale Sedge, Whitescale Sedge }}{{cite web |url=https://idfg.idaho.gov/species/taxa/41453 |title=Dryland Sedge (Carex xerantica) |author= |date=2022 |website=idfg.idaho.gov |publisher=Idaho Fish and Game |access-date=14 October 2022 }} It can be found in a wide variety of habitats, including meadows, prairies, open woodlands, bluffs, sandy or rocky areas, and even talus slopes.{{cite book |last1=Reaume |first1=Tom |title=620 Wild Plants of North America: Fully Illustrated |date=15 December 2009 |location=Regina, Saskatchewan |publisher=Canadian Plains Research Center |page=564 |isbn=9780889772144 |quote=White-scaled Sedge }}