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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. Boulder Sedge

species 23 observations

Boulder Sedge

Carex orestera

Status
maybe native
Traits
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Supports All

28 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 Greater White-fronted Goose, Snow Goose, Tundra Swan, Mallard 22
  • 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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