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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. Carex
  9. Carex Sect. Lupulinae

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Carex Sect. Lupulinae

Lupulinae

Includes
6 native 1 present
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Children

  • Carex lupulina 4 native
  • Carex intumescens 2 native

Range

United States

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

Top native carex sect. lupulinae All

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

  • Gray's Sedge Carex grayi keystone caterpillars 34 food 57 flowers 4
  • Bladder Sedge Carex intumescens keystone caterpillars 33 food 54 flowers 3
  • Hop Sedge Carex lupulina keystone caterpillars 33 food 54 flowers 3
  • False Hop Sedge Carex lupuliformis keystone caterpillars 32 food 53 flowers 3
  • Louisiana Sedge Carex louisianica keystone caterpillars 25 food 42 flowers 3
  • Giant Sedge Carex gigantea keystone caterpillars 23 food 43 flowers 3

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