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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 Sect. Racemosae
  9. Smooth-fruited Sedge

species 246 observations

Smooth-fruited Sedge

Carex heteroneura

Status
native
Keystone
49 caterpillar species raised on Carex grasses and sedges
Traits
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Supports All

52 native animals
supported in the US
  • Caterpillars Moths and butterflies raised on it Dun Skipper, Melissa Arctic, Jutta Arctic, White-veined Arctic 14
  • Plant eaters Animals that feed on it Ruffed Grouse, White-tailed Ptarmigan, Greater White-fronted Goose, Redpoll 36
  • Flower visitors Pollinators and other flower visitors Variable Duskyface Fly, Greater Bee Fly 2

Children

  • Different-nerve Sedge
  • Different-nerve Sedge
  • Erect Blackened Sedge

Range

United States

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

Key traits

Layer
Grasses and sedges
Light
Part shade
Moisture
Moist
Plant type
Ornamental grasses and sedges Perennial

From USDA PLANTS and the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center.

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