Carex comosa - Calflora

Carex comosa Boott

Bristly sedge, Longhair sedge

2003 Steve Matson

1997 Dean Wm. Taylor

2023 Sara Taylor

2009 Kerry Heise

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

California Rare Plant Rank: 2B.1 (rare, threatened, or endangered in CA; common elsewhere).


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Genus:	Carex
Family:	Cyperaceae
Category:	angiosperm
PLANTS group:	Monocot
Jepson eFlora section: monocot

Wetlands: Occurs in wetlands

Habitat: lake-margins, edges

Communities: Freshwater Wetlands, wetland-riparian

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF + CNPS + PLANTS + POWO

External links:


Jepson eFlora USDA PLANTS Consortium of California Herbaria (CCH2) CNPS Rare Plant Inventory: 2B.1 Integrated Taxonomic Info System (ITIS) International Plants Names Index (IPNI)	CalPhotos iNaturalist PlantID.net Calscape BONAP (Distribution Map)
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