Calflora: Carex lasiocarpa

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Taxon Report 1577

Carex lasiocarpa Ehrh.

Slender sedge, Woolly fruited sedge

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Carex lasiocarpa, a monocot, is a perennial grasslike herb (rhizomatous) that is native to California and is also found elsewhere in North America and beyond.

It is included in the CNPS Inventory of Rare and Endangered Plants on list 2B.3 (rare, threatened, or endangered in CA; common elsewhere). 7th Edition / 8th Edition


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Plant Characteristics
and Associations

Bloom Period

Family:	CYPERACEAE
Genus:	Carex
Subspecies and Varieties:
Carex lasiocarpa var. americana

Community:	Freshwater Wetlands
Habitat:	lake-margins, freshwater-marsh, bogs/fens, edges [CNPS Inventory]

Distribution by County

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Name Status:

Accepted by TJM2 + CNPS + PLANTS + JM93

More information about Carex lasiocarpa


	Location Suitability Nursery / seed vendor availability from CNPLX This plant is available commercially. Landscaping information from Calscape Photos on CalPhotos / Google Images		Jepson eFlora Records from the Consortium of California Herbaria Original Publication citation (ITIS) USDA PLANTS Profile (CALA11)		Search the International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) Search the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center website references from Google

Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation,
with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals, including the Consortium of California Herbaria.
[web application]. 2017. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization].
Available: http://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: Jul 14, 2017).

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