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  2. Plants
  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Monocots
  5. Grasses, Sedges, Cattails, and Allies
  6. Sedges
  7. True Sedges
  8. Carex Sect. Acrocystis
  9. White-tinged Sedge

species 2,842 observations

White-tinged Sedge

Carex albicans

Status
native
Keystone
49 caterpillar species raised on Carex grasses and sedges
Traits
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Supports All

88 native animals
supported in the US
  • Caterpillars Moths and butterflies raised on it Dun Skipper, Pink-barred Pseudeustrotia Moth, Black Dash, Dukes' Skipper 32
  • Plant eaters Animals that feed on it Ruffed Grouse, Cosmotettix paludosus, Greater White-fronted Goose, Redpoll 53
  • Flower visitors Pollinators and other flower visitors Variable Duskyface Fly, Greater Bee Fly, Spotted Pink Lady Beetle 3

Children

  • White-tinged Sedge
  • Slender Oak Sedge
  • Emmons's Sedge

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Key traits

Layer
Grasses and sedges
Light
Part shade Full shade
Moisture
Dry
Water use
Medium
Drought tolerant
Yes
Plant type
Ornamental grasses and sedges Perennial

From the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center and USDA PLANTS.

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