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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 Pauciflora Clade
  9. Dark Alpine Sedge

species 44 observations

Dark Alpine Sedge

Carex subnigricans

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

Field notes

Supports All

35 native animals
supported in the US
  • Caterpillars Moths and butterflies raised on it Dun Skipper, Umber Skipper, Yarrow Plume Moth, Lesser Wainscot 5
  • Plant eaters Animals that feed on it Ruffed Grouse, Greater White-fronted Goose, Redpoll, Snow Goose 29
  • Flower visitors Pollinators and other flower visitors Greater Bee Fly 1

Range

United States

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

Key traits

Layer
Grasses and sedges
Plant type
Ornamental grasses and sedges Perennial

From USDA PLANTS.

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