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  1. Life
  2. Plants
  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Monocots
  5. Grasses, Sedges, Cattails, and Allies
  6. Sedges
  7. True Sedges
  8. Carex Capitata Clade
  9. Bristle Sedge

species 254 observations

Bristle Sedge

Carex microglochin

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

Field notes

Supports All

61 native animals
supported in the US
  • Caterpillars Moths and butterflies raised on it Large Heath, Buff Grass-miner, Cottongrass Sedge-miner, Dun Skipper 17
  • Plant eaters Animals that feed on it Large Marsh Grasshopper, Bird Cherry-oat Aphid, Plant Bug, Song Sparrow 43
  • Flower visitors Pollinators and other flower visitors Greater Bee Fly 1

Range

United States

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

Key traits

Layer
Grasses and sedges
Moisture
Moist Wet
Plant type
Ornamental grasses and sedges Perennial

From USDA PLANTS and the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center.

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