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bristle-leaved sedge

Carex rariflora

Carex eburnea

Flowering time June-August
Habitat Gravelly shores, swamps, moist banks, moist forest, limy outcrops and talus.
Distribution
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Occurring east of the Cascades crest in northeastern Washington; Alaska to Washington and Montana, east across Canada to the Atlantic Coast, also east from the northern Great Plains in the U.S. to the Atlantic Coast.
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Origin Native
Conservation status Not of concern Threatened in Washington (WANHP)
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. 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
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