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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 Subg. Uncinia
  9. Carex Sect. Firmiculmes

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Carex Sect. Firmiculmes

Firmiculmes

Includes
3 native
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Children

  • Geyer's Sedge native
  • Stick Sedge native
  • Tompkins' Sedge native

Range

United States

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

Top native carex sect. firmiculmes All

Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.

  • Geyer's Sedge Carex geyeri keystone caterpillars 20 food 40 flowers 3
  • Stick Sedge Carex multicaulis keystone caterpillars 6 food 31 flowers 2
  • Tompkins' Sedge Carex tompkinsii keystone caterpillars 5 food 24 flowers 1

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