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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 Sect. Phaestoglochin
  9. Prickly Sedge

species 1,547 observations

Prickly Sedge

Carex muricata

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

Field notes

Supports All

22 native animals
supported in the US
  • Caterpillars Moths and butterflies raised on it Large Heath, Buff Grass-miner, Cottongrass Sedge-miner 3
  • Plant eaters Animals that feed on it Mallard, Common Raven, Eurasian Jackdaw, Redpoll 19

Key traits

Layer
Grasses and sedges
Plant type
Ornamental grasses and sedges Perennial

From USDA PLANTS.

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