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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. Scitae

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Carex Sect. Scitae

Scitae

Includes
4 native 1 present
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Children

  • Showy Sedge native
  • Alaska Large Awn Sedge native
  • Alpine Tundra Sedge
  • Short-stalk Sedge native
  • Payson'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. scitae All

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

  • Showy Sedge Carex spectabilis keystone caterpillars 17 food 41 flowers 3
  • Short-stalk Sedge Carex podocarpa keystone caterpillars 12 food 37 flowers 2
  • Alaska Large Awn Sedge Carex macrochaeta keystone caterpillars 11 food 27
  • Payson's Sedge Carex paysonis keystone caterpillars 8 food 35 flowers 3

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