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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 Pauciflora Clade
  9. Pyrenean Sedge

species 58 observations

Pyrenean Sedge

Carex pyrenaica

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

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43 native animals
supported in the US
  • Caterpillars Moths and butterflies raised on it Dun Skipper, Melissa Arctic, Jutta Arctic, White-veined Arctic 8
  • Plant eaters Animals that feed on it Ruffed Grouse, White-tailed Ptarmigan, Greater White-fronted Goose, Redpoll 33
  • Flower visitors Pollinators and other flower visitors Greater Bee Fly, Spotted Pink Lady Beetle 2

Children

  • Pyrenean 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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