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Slender Sedge
( Carex lasiocarpa )
Carex lasiocarpa
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About Slender Sedge (Carex lasiocarpa)
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Carex lasiocarpa
is a species of sedge known by the common names slender sedge and woollyfruit sedge. This is an aquatic or shore plant of wet areas in mountainous areas of moderate elevation. It is found across much of North America and Eurasia. It is colonial, forming thick, floating mats on the water in wetlands and monotypic stands on shorelines and lakesides. From a rhizome it bears erect stems which may exceed a meter in height and very long, very thin leaves. The stem has one to several compact pistillate spikes and at the tip one longer, fluffy staminate spike. The pistillate spike vaguely resembles a tiny purplish or brownish ear of corn, with several ovaries which each form a fruit.
Plant Description
Plant Type
Grasses
Size
2 - 4 ft tall
Flower Color
Brown
Wildlife Supported
Butterflies & moths hosted ( 6
likely
* )
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Umber Skipper
Poanes melane
Poanes melane
*
Common Ringlet
Coenonympha tullia
Coenonympha tullia
*
Dun Skipper
Euphyes vestris
Euphyes vestris
*
American Ear Moth
Amphipoea americana
Amphipoea americana
*
Olive Green Cutworm Moth
Dargida procinctus
Dargida procinctus
*
Lesser Wainscot
Mythimna oxygala
Mythimna oxygala
Landscaping Information
Sun
Full Sun
Natural Setting
Site Type
Lake and pond shores
Climate
Annual Precipitation: 31.9" - 71.9", Summer Precipitation: 0.39" - 2.52", Coldest Month: 28.3" - 47.1", Hottest Month: 56.6" - 70.9", Humidity: 0.43" - 21.97", Elevation: 53" - 6642"
Alternative Names
Common Names
: Woolly-fruited Sedge, Woollyfruit Sedge
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Carex lasiocarpa
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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