Burke: Carex granularis vs. Carex nebrascensis

	Carex granularis	Carex nebrascensis
		Nebraska sedge
Habit		Perennial herb, varyingly cespitose to rhizomatous with internodes; typically monoecious; stems generally triangular, often solid within.
Leaves		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.
Flowers		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.
Fruit		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.

	Carex granularis	Carex nebrascensis
Flowering time		May-July
Habitat		Wet meadows and other wet areas, often in alkaline areas, lowlands to moderate elevations in the mountains
Distribution	[WildflowerSearch map] [BONAP county map]	Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington; Washington to California, east to the Rocky Mountains and northern Great Plains. [WildflowerSearch map] [BONAP county map]
Origin		Native
Conservation status		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. 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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Carex granularis

Carex nebrascensis

Nebraska sedge

Habit

Perennial herb, varyingly cespitose to rhizomatous with internodes; typically monoecious; stems generally triangular, often solid within.

Leaves

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.

Flowers

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.

Fruit

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.