Carex straminiformis
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Carex straminiformis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Clade: | Commelinids |
Order: | Poales |
Family: | Cyperaceae |
Genus: | Carex |
Subgenus: | Carex subg. Vignea |
Section: | Carex sect. Ovales |
Species: | C. straminiformis
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Binomial name | |
Carex straminiformis |
Carex straminiformis is a species of sedge known by the common name Shasta sedge.
Description
Carex straminiformis produces dense clumps of stems 20 to 50 centimeters tall with leaves up to about 25 centimeters long. The inflorescence is a dense spherical brown cluster of distinct flower spikes.
Distribution and habitat
This sedge is native to the Western United States where it grows in a number of habitat types in rocky soils,[1] such as in the Sierra Nevada and Mount Shasta regions.
References
- ^ "Carex straminiformis in Flora of North America @ efloras.org". www.efloras.org.
External links
Categories:
- Articles with short description
- Short description is different from Wikidata
- Articles with 'species' microformats
- Carex
- Flora of the Northwestern United States
- Flora of Nevada
- Flora of Utah
- Flora of the Sierra Nevada (United States)
- Flora of the California desert regions
- Flora of the Great Basin
- Natural history of Shasta County, California
- Plants described in 1889
- Flora without expected TNC conservation status
- Taxa named by Liberty Hyde Bailey
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