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

species 14 observations

Ozark Sedge

Carex ozarkana

Status
maybe native
Traits
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Carex ozarkana, the Ozark sedge, is a species of flowering plant in the family Cyperaceae, native to the U.S. states of Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas, and Louisiana.

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44 native animals
supported in the US
  • Caterpillars Moths and butterflies raised on it Dun Skipper, Pink-barred Pseudeustrotia Moth, Dukes' Skipper, Dion Skipper 9
  • Plant eaters Animals that feed on it Greater White-fronted Goose, Snow Goose, Trumpeter Swan, Tundra Swan 33
  • Flower visitors Pollinators and other flower visitors Greater Bee Fly, Spotted Pink Lady Beetle 2

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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