Calflora
Taxon  Report   11473    
Carex leptopoda  Mack.
Slender-footed sedge
Carex leptopoda, a monocot, is a perennial grasslike herb that is native to California and and is also found elsewhere in North America and beyond.
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
Family: CYPERACEAE  
Genus: Carex

Wetlands: Equally likely to occur in wetlands and non wetlands

Habitat: slopes

Communities: Coastal Sage Scrub, Coastal Prairie, Red Fir Forest, Yellow Pine Forest, Douglas-Fir Forest, wetland-riparian

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF + PLANTS

 Alternate Names:
ICPN: Carex deweyana
ICPN + PLANTS: Carex deweyana ssp. leptopoda
PLANTS: Carex deweyana var. leptopoda
More information about  Carex leptopoda
Search efloras.org (Flora of North America)

Landscape information from Calscape

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Consortium of California Herbaria 2

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]. 2020. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/   (Accessed: Oct 29, 2020).