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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. Scitae
  9. Short-stalk Sedge

species 117 observations

Short-stalk Sedge

Carex podocarpa

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

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51 native animals
supported in the US
  • Caterpillars Moths and butterflies raised on it Melissa Arctic, Jutta Arctic, White-veined Arctic, Arctic Ringlet 12
  • Plant eaters Animals that feed on it Ruffed Grouse, Rock Ptarmigan, White-tailed Ptarmigan, Greater White-fronted Goose 37
  • Flower visitors Pollinators and other flower visitors Variable Duskyface Fly, Greater Bee Fly 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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