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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. Carex
  9. Carex Sect. Bicolores

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Carex Sect. Bicolores

Bicolores

Includes
3 native 1 present
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Children

  • Golden Sedge native
  • Elk Sedge native
  • Two-color Sedge present
  • Hasse's Sedge native

Range

United States

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

Top native carex sect. bicolores All

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

  • Golden Sedge Carex aurea keystone caterpillars 38 food 55 flowers 3
  • Elk Sedge Carex garberi keystone caterpillars 37 food 55 flowers 3
  • Hasse's Sedge Carex hassei keystone caterpillars 4 food 26 flowers 2

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