section
Carex Sect. Tuminenses
Phacocystis
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- Carex crinita 4 native
- Carex Nebrascensis Clade 1 native
- Smooth Black Sedge native
- Slough Sedge native
- Tussock Sedge native
- Water Sedge native
- Hassock-grass present
- Bigelow's Sedge native
- Tufted-sedge present
- Twisted Sedge native
- Torrent Sedge native
- Lyngbye's Sedge native
- Emory's Sedge native
- Kellogg's Sedge native
- Santa Barbara Sedge native
- Cutty Grass
- Lenticular Sedge native
- Holm's Rocky Mountain Sedge native
- Chaffy Sedge present
- Carex gaudichaudiana present
- Western Rough Sedge native
- Carex alligata native
- Goosegrass Sedge present
- Schott's Sedge native
Range
Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided
Top native carex sect. tuminenses All
Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Water Sedge
Carex aquatilis
keystone
caterpillars
43
food
58
flowers
3
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Emory's Sedge
Carex emoryi
keystone
caterpillars
34
food
52
flowers
3
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Smooth Black Sedge
Carex nigra
keystone
caterpillars
33
food
59
flowers
3
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Fringed Sedge
Carex crinita
keystone
caterpillars
33
food
55
flowers
3
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Tussock Sedge
Carex stricta
keystone
caterpillars
33
food
54
flowers
3
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Nodding Sedge
Carex gynandra
keystone
caterpillars
33
food
54
flowers
3
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Lenticular Sedge
Carex lenticularis
keystone
caterpillars
32
food
54
flowers
3
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Twisted Sedge
Carex torta
keystone
caterpillars
31
food
52
flowers
3
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Bigelow's Sedge
Carex bigelowii
keystone
caterpillars
25
food
46
flowers
3
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Mitchell's Sedge
Carex mitchelliana
keystone
caterpillars
23
food
43
flowers
3
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Nebraska Sedge
Carex nebrascensis
keystone
caterpillars
22
food
40
flowers
3
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Kellogg's Sedge
Carex kelloggii
caterpillars
20
food
41
flowers
3
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Holm's Rocky Mountain Sedge
Carex scopulorum
keystone
caterpillars
17
food
40
flowers
3
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Lyngbye's Sedge
Carex lyngbyei
keystone
caterpillars
16
food
41
flowers
3
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Great Smoky Mountain Sedge
Carex fumosimontana
caterpillars
12
food
37
flowers
3