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elk sedge, Geyer's sedge

northern meadow sedge

Carex geyeri

Carex praticola

Flowering time April-July May-August
Habitat Grassy slopes, meadows, and forest openings from the sagebrush foothills to middle elevations in the mountains. Seasonally damp to mesic meadows, open forest, riparian areas, springs, and disturbed ground at low to middle elevations.
Distribution
Occurring chiefly east of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California, east to the Rocky Mountains.
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Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; Alaska to California, east to the northern Great Plains, then scattered further east to the Atlantic Coast.
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Origin Native Native
Conservation status Not of concern Not of concern
Sibling taxa
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. 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. 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. 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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