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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. Phaestoglochin
  9. Spiked Sedge

species 7,650 observations

Spiked Sedge

Carex spicata

Status
introduced
Traits
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Carex spicata is a species of sedge in the genus Carex.

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Supports All

19 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 Large Marsh Grasshopper, Bird Cherry-oat Aphid, Plant Bug, Song Sparrow 16

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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