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  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. Phyllostachyae

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Carex Sect. Phyllostachyae

Phyllostachyae

Includes
8 native 2 present
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Children

  • James's Sedge native
  • Back's Sedge native
  • Willdenow's Sedge native
  • Basal Flower Sedge native
  • Rocky Mountain Sedge native
  • Cordilleran Sedge native
  • Timid Sedge
  • Limestone Forest Sedge native
  • Waterfall's Sedge
  • Juniper Sedge native

Range

United States

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

Top native carex sect. phyllostachyae All

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

  • Back's Sedge Carex backii keystone caterpillars 32 food 54 flowers 3
  • Willdenow's Sedge Carex willdenowii keystone caterpillars 30 food 49 flowers 3
  • James's Sedge Carex jamesii keystone caterpillars 29 food 50 flowers 3
  • Rocky Mountain Sedge Carex saximontana keystone caterpillars 27 food 44 flowers 3
  • Juniper Sedge Carex juniperorum keystone caterpillars 14 food 36 flowers 3
  • Limestone Forest Sedge Carex superata keystone caterpillars 12 food 37 flowers 3
  • Basal Flower Sedge Carex basiantha keystone caterpillars 10 food 36 flowers 2
  • Cordilleran Sedge Carex cordillerana keystone caterpillars 5 food 32 flowers 2

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