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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. Racemosae
  9. Black Alpine Sedge

species 778 observations

Black Alpine Sedge

Carex atrata

Status
present
Traits
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Supports All

24 native animals
supported in the US
  • Caterpillars Moths and butterflies raised on it Ross's Alpine, Large Heath, Magdalena Alpine, Buff Grass-miner 5
  • Plant eaters Animals that feed on it Mallard, Common Raven, Eurasian Jackdaw, Redpoll 19

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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