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Sheep Sedge
Carex illota
  
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About Sheep Sedge (Carex illota) 0 Nurseries Carry This Plant Carex illota is a species of sedge known by the common name sheep sedge. It is native to western North America, where it grows in wet places such as marshes and mountain meadows, from New Mexico and California north to Western Canada. This sedge produces dense clumps of stems up to about 38 centimeters in maximum height. There are a few leaves for each stem, growing up to 18 centimeters long. The nodding inflorescence is a dense dark brown cluster of spikes about a centimeter long. This sedge produces dense clumps of stems up to about 38 centimeters in maximum height. There are a few leaves for each stem, growing up to 18 centimeters long. The nodding inflorescence is a dense dark brown cluster of spikes about a centimeter long.
Plant Description
Plant Type
Plant Type
Grasses

Size
Size
1.3 ft tall

Flower Color
Flower Color
Brown

Wildlife Supported
 


 
Butterflies & moths hosted ( 6 likely * ) SHOW ALL
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Poanes melane Image
Umber Skipper Poanes melanePoanes melane
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Coenonympha tullia Image
Common Ringlet Coenonympha tulliaCoenonympha tullia
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Euphyes vestris Image
Dun Skipper Euphyes vestrisEuphyes vestris
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Syngrapha ignea Image
Mountain Beauty Moth Syngrapha igneaSyngrapha ignea
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Dargida procinctus Image
Olive Green Cutworm Moth Dargida procinctusDargida procinctus
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Mythimna oxygala Image
Lesser Wainscot Mythimna oxygalaMythimna oxygala

Landscaping Information
Natural Setting
Climate
Climate
Annual Precipitation: 16.7" - 109.8", Summer Precipitation: 0.30" - 3.86", Coldest Month: 18.3" - 48.4", Hottest Month: 40.3" - 74.1", Humidity: 0.70" - 20.60", Elevation: 494" - 12482"


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Sources include: Wikipedia. All text shown in the "About" section of these pages is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Plant observation data provided by the participants of the California Consortia of Herbaria, Sunset information provided by Jepson Flora Project. Propogation from seed information provided by the Santa Barbara Botanical Garden from "Seed Propagation of Native California Plants" by Dara E. Emery. Sources of plant photos include CalPhotos, Wikimedia Commons, and independent plant photographers who have agreed to share their images with Calscape. Other general sources of information include Calflora, CNPS Manual of Vegetation Online, Jepson Flora Project, Las Pilitas, Theodore Payne, Tree of Life, The Xerces Society, and information provided by CNPS volunteer editors, with special thanks to Don Rideout. Climate data used in creation of plant range maps is from PRISM Climate Group, Oregon State University, using 30 year (1981-2010) annual "normals" at an 800 meter spatial resolution.

Links:   Jepson eFlora Taxon Page  CalPhotos  Wikipedia  Calflora


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