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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. Rostrales

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Carex Sect. Rostrales

Rostrales

Includes
4 native
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Children

  • Northern Long Sedge native
  • Michaux's Sedge native
  • Southern Long Sedge native
  • Pine Barren Sedge native

Range

United States

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

Top native carex sect. rostrales All

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

  • Northern Long Sedge Carex folliculata keystone caterpillars 33 food 53 flowers 3
  • Michaux's Sedge Carex michauxiana keystone caterpillars 28 food 49 flowers 3
  • Southern Long Sedge Carex lonchocarpa keystone caterpillars 21 food 40 flowers 3
  • Pine Barren Sedge Carex turgescens keystone caterpillars 10 food 34 flowers 3

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