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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. Ceratocystis
  9. Greenstar Sedge

species 41 observations

Greenstar Sedge

Carex viridistellata

Status
native
Traits
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

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66 native animals
supported in the US
  • Caterpillars Moths and butterflies raised on it Dun Skipper, Pink-barred Pseudeustrotia Moth, Black Dash, Dukes' Skipper 23
  • Plant eaters Animals that feed on it Ruffed Grouse, Greater White-fronted Goose, Redpoll, Snow Goose 40
  • Flower visitors Pollinators and other flower visitors Variable Duskyface Fly, Greater Bee Fly, Spotted Pink Lady Beetle 3

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Key traits

Layer
Herbaceous plants
Plant type
Perennial Wildflower

From USDA PLANTS.

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