Calflora Taxon Report
Carex microptera  Mack.
Small wing sedge
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2018 David Greenberger
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2015 Steve Matson
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2015 Steve Matson
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2015 Steve Matson
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2015 Steve Matson
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2019 Mary Merriman
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2015 Steve Matson
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2024 Erin Bergman
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2024 Erin Bergman
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2024 Erin Bergman
Carex microptera is a perennial grasslike herb that is native to California, and also found elsewhere in western North America.
Siskiyou Del Norte Modoc Humboldt Shasta Lassen Trinity Plumas Tehama Butte Mendocino Glenn Sierra Yuba Lake Nevada Colusa Placer Sutter El Dorado Yolo Alpine Napa Sonoma Sacramento Mono Amador Solano Calaveras Tuolumne San Joaquin Marin Contra Costa Alameda Santa Cruz Mariposa Madera San Francisco San Mateo Merced Fresno Stanislaus Santa Clara Inyo San Benito Tulare Kings Monterey San Bernardino San Luis Obispo Kern Santa Barbara Ventura Los Angeles Riverside Orange San Diego Imperial
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Bloom Period
Genus: Carex
Family: Cyperaceae  
Category: angiosperm  
PLANTS group:Monocot
Jepson eFlora section: monocot

Wetlands:
Arid West: Equally likely to occur in wetlands and non wetlands
Mountains, Valleys and Coast: Occurs usually in non wetlands, occasionally in wetlands

Habitat: meadows, slopes

Communities: Red Fir Forest, Lodgepole Forest, Subalpine Forest, wetland-riparian

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF + PLANTS + POWO
Alternate Names:
JEF + PLANTSCarex festivella
PLANTSCarex limnophila
PLANTSCarex macloviana ssp. festivella
PLANTSCarex macloviana var. microptera
PLANTSCarex microptera var. crassinervia
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Suggested Citation
“Calflora - Taxon Report.” The Calflora Database, a non-profit organization. .

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