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Nebraska sedge
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Perennial herb, varyingly cespitose to rhizomatous with internodes; typically monoecious; stems generally triangular, often solid within. |
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Leaves 3-ranked, usually tufted at stem base; blade 3--12 mm wide, thick, scabrous on midrib and margin, glabrous otherwise, generally strongly blue or glaucous. |
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Inflorescence composed of lateral spikelets in spike, raceme, panicle, or head-like arrangement, 3-6 x 5-9 mm, generally 2-colored, pressed flat; inflorescence bract wider than spikelets, base often dark-margined; flowers unisexual, no perianth; staminate flower with generally 3 stamens; pistillate flower enclosed by perigynium, bract often white-margined, obtuse to awned, tip or awn glabrous, styles 1, stigma 2-3 and exserted. |
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1.3-2 mm x 0.9-1.8 mm; perigynium number 30-150, ascending, 2.6-4 mm x 1.6-2.5 mm, sessile, not papillate, veined, tough, often red-dotted, beak ranging 0.2-0.6 mm, tip brown or purple, teeth minute or occasionally hairy. |
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Carex caroliniana |
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May-July |
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Wet meadows and other wet areas, often in alkaline areas, lowlands to moderate elevations in the mountains |
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Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington; Washington to California, east to the Rocky Mountains and northern Great Plains.
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Native |
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Not of concern |
C. abrupta, C. agastachys, C. albonigra, C. amplifolia, C. angustata, C. anthoxanthea, C. aperta, C. aquatilis, C. arcta, C. atherodes, C. athrostachya, C. atrosquama, C. aurea, C. backii, C. bebbii, C. bolanderi, C. brevior, C. breweri, C. brunnescens, C. buchananii, C. buxbaumii, C. californica, C. canescens, C. capillaris, C. capitata, C. chordorrhiza, C. circinata, C. comosa, C. concinnoides, C. cordillerana, C. crawei, C. crawfordii, C. cusickii, C. davyi, C. deflexa, C. densa, C. deweyana, C. diandra, C. disperma, C. divulsa, C. douglasii, C. eburnea, C. echinata, C. engelmannii, C. exsiccata, C. feta, C. filifolia, C. flava, C. fracta, C. geyeri, C. gynocrates, C. halliana, C. hassei, C. haydeniana, C. hendersonii, C. heteroneura, C. hoodii, C. hystericina, C. illota, C. infirminervia, C. inops, C. integra, C. interior, C. interrupta, C. jonesii, C. kelloggii, C. kobomugi, C. lacustris, C. laeviculmis, C. lasiocarpa, C. leporina, C. leporinella, C. leptalea, C. leptopoda, C. limosa, C. livida, C. longii, C. luzulina, C. lyngbyei, C. macloviana, C. macrocephala, C. macrochaeta, C. magellanica, C. media, C. mertensii, C. micropoda, C. microptera, C. nardina, C. nebrascensis, C. neurophora, C. nigricans, C. nudata, C. obnupta, C. obtusata, C. pachycarpa, C. pachystachya, C. pallescens, C. pansa, C. parryana, C. pauciflora, C. pellita, C. pendula, C. petasata, C. phaeocephala, C. pluriflora, C. praeceptorum, C. praegracilis, C. praticola, C. preslii, C. proposita, C. raynoldsii, C. retrorsa, C. rossii, C. rostrata, C. saxatilis, C. scirpoidea, C. scoparia, C. scopulorum, C. sheldonii, C. siccata, C. simulata, C. spectabilis, C. stenoptila, C. stipata, C. straminiformis, C. stylosa, C. subbracteata, C. subfusca, C. sychnocephala, C. sylvatica, C. tahoensis, C. tenera, C. tenuiflora, C. tribuloides, C. tumulicola, C. unilateralis, C. utriculata, C. vallicola, C. vernacula, C. vesicaria, C. viridula, C. vulpinoidea, C. zikae |
C. abrupta, C. agastachys, C. albonigra, C. amplifolia, C. angustata, C. anthoxanthea, C. aperta, C. aquatilis, C. arcta, C. atherodes, C. athrostachya, C. atrosquama, C. aurea, C. backii, C. bebbii, C. bolanderi, C. brevior, C. breweri, C. brunnescens, C. buchananii, C. buxbaumii, C. californica, C. canescens, C. capillaris, C. capitata, C. chordorrhiza, C. circinata, C. comosa, C. concinnoides, C. cordillerana, C. crawei, C. crawfordii, C. cusickii, C. davyi, C. deflexa, C. densa, C. deweyana, C. diandra, C. disperma, C. divulsa, C. douglasii, C. eburnea, C. echinata, C. engelmannii, C. exsiccata, C. feta, C. filifolia, C. flava, C. fracta, C. geyeri, C. gynocrates, C. halliana, C. hassei, C. haydeniana, C. hendersonii, C. heteroneura, C. hoodii, C. hystericina, C. illota, C. infirminervia, C. inops, C. integra, C. interior, C. interrupta, C. jonesii, C. kelloggii, C. kobomugi, C. lacustris, C. laeviculmis, C. lasiocarpa, C. leporina, C. leporinella, C. leptalea, C. leptopoda, C. limosa, C. livida, C. longii, C. luzulina, C. lyngbyei, C. macloviana, C. macrocephala, C. macrochaeta, C. magellanica, C. media, C. mertensii, C. micropoda, C. microptera, C. nardina, C. neurophora, C. nigricans, C. nudata, C. obnupta, C. obtusata, C. pachycarpa, C. pachystachya, C. pallescens, C. pansa, C. parryana, C. pauciflora, C. pellita, C. pendula, C. petasata, C. phaeocephala, C. pluriflora, C. praeceptorum, C. praegracilis, C. praticola, C. preslii, C. proposita, C. raynoldsii, C. retrorsa, C. rossii, C. rostrata, C. saxatilis, C. scirpoidea, C. scoparia, C. scopulorum, C. sheldonii, C. siccata, C. simulata, C. spectabilis, C. stenoptila, C. stipata, C. straminiformis, C. stylosa, C. subbracteata, C. subfusca, C. sychnocephala, C. sylvatica, C. tahoensis, C. tenera, C. tenuiflora, C. tribuloides, C. tumulicola, C. unilateralis, C. utriculata, C. vallicola, C. vernacula, C. vesicaria, C. viridula, C. vulpinoidea, C. zikae |
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