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  2. Plants
  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Monocots
  5. Grasses, Sedges, Cattails, and Allies
  6. Sedges
  7. True Sedges
  8. Carex Subg. Carex
  9. Carex Sect. Squarrosae

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Carex Sect. Squarrosae

Squarrosae

Includes
4 native
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Children

  • Carex frankii 2 native
  • Squarrose Sedge native
  • Cattail Sedge native

Range

United States

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

Top native carex sect. squarrosae All

Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.

  • Cattail Sedge Carex typhina keystone caterpillars 31 food 52 flowers 3
  • Squarrose Sedge Carex squarrosa keystone caterpillars 29 food 51 flowers 3
  • Frank's Sedge Carex frankii keystone caterpillars 29 food 49 flowers 3
  • Golden Cattail Sedge Carex aureolensis keystone caterpillars 20 food 42 flowers 3

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