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

species 3,006 observations

Fibrous-rooted Sedge

Carex communis

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

Field notes

Carex communis, the fibrous-root sedge, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Carex, native to central and eastern Canada and the central and eastern United States. Its seeds are dispersed by ants.

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91 native animals
supported in the US
  • Caterpillars Moths and butterflies raised on it Dun Skipper, Pink-barred Pseudeustrotia Moth, Black Dash, Dukes' Skipper 33
  • Plant eaters Animals that feed on it Sprinkled Locust, Ruffed Grouse, Cosmotettix paludosus, Greater White-fronted Goose 55
  • Flower visitors Pollinators and other flower visitors Variable Duskyface Fly, Greater Bee Fly, Spotted Pink Lady Beetle 3

Children

  • Carex communis amplisquama
  • Fibrous-root 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
Plant type
Ornamental grasses and sedges Perennial

From USDA PLANTS.

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