Carex athrostachya
Carex athrostachya | |
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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. athrostachya
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Binomial name | |
Carex athrostachya |
Carex athrostachya is a species of sedge known by the common name slenderbeak sedge. It is native to western North America, including Alaska to central Canada, the western contiguous United States, and just into Baja California.
Description[]
Carex athrostachya grows in wet and seasonally wet areas, such as wetlands and meadows. It produces dense clumps of stems up to 80 centimeters tall. The inflorescence is a dense green to brown cluster one or two centimeters long.
External links[]
- Jepson Manual Treatment - Carex athrostachya
- Flora of North America
- Carex athrostachya - Photo gallery
Categories:
- Carex
- Flora of the Western United States
- Flora of Western Canada
- Flora of Alaska
- Flora of Baja California
- Flora of California
- Flora of Nevada
- Flora of Oregon
- Flora of the Sierra Nevada (U.S.)
- Plants described in 1868
- Taxa named by Stephen Thayer Olney
- Carex stubs