Biology:Carex xerantica

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Short description: Species of grass-like plant

Carex xerantica
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Carex
Species:
C. xerantica
Binomial name
Carex xerantica
Synonyms[1]

Carex foenea var. xerantica (L.H.Bailey) Kük.

Carex xerantica, the dry sedge, dryland sedge, or white-scaled sedge, is a species of flowering plant in the family Cyperaceae, native to western and central Canada, and the north-central United States.[1][2][3][4] It can be found in a wide variety of habitats, including meadows, prairies, open woodlands, bluffs, sandy or rocky areas, and even talus slopes.[5][2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Carex xerantica L.H.Bailey" (in en). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/47450-2. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Carex xerantica (Whitescale Sedge)". Minnesota Wildflowers. 2022. https://www.minnesotawildflowers.info/grass-sedge-rush/whitescale-sedge. "Also known as: Dry Sedge, Dry-land Sedge" 
  3. "Carex xerantica". Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. 30 October 2020. https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=CAXE. "White-scale Sedge, Whitescale Sedge" 
  4. "Dryland Sedge (Carex xerantica)". Idaho Fish and Game. 2022. https://idfg.idaho.gov/species/taxa/41453. 
  5. Reaume, Tom (15 December 2009). 620 Wild Plants of North America: Fully Illustrated. Regina, Saskatchewan: Canadian Plains Research Center. p. 564. ISBN 9780889772144. "White-scaled Sedge" 

Wikidata ☰ Q2938688 entry