Carex obnupta
(Redirected from Slough sedge)
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Cyperaceae |
| Genus: | Carex |
| Species: | C. obnupta
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Carex obnupta is a species of sedge known by the common name slough sedge.[3]
Description
[edit]The plant produces upright, angled stems approaching 1.2 meters in maximum height, growing in beds or colonies from rhizome networks. The inflorescence is a cluster of flower spikes accompanied by a long leaflike bract.[4] The pistillate spikes and sometimes the staminate spikes dangle on peduncles. The fruit is coated by a hard, tough, shiny perigynium which is generally dark in color.[5]
Distribution and habitat
[edit]Carex obnupta is native to western North America from British Columbia to California where it grows abundantly in wet, often saline habitat such as wetlands.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ Bailey, L. H. (1891). "New Californian Carices (Notes on Carex, XV)". Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences. Second series. 3: 104.
- ^ Clarke, C. B. (1908). "New Genera and Species of Cyperaceae". Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information. Additional Series. 8: 71.
- ^ "Carex obnupta". ucjeps.berkeley.edu. Retrieved 2024-12-06.
- ^ "OregonFlora". oregonflora.org. Retrieved 2024-12-12.
- ^ Van Denburgh, John (1922). The reptiles of western North America, an account of the species known to inhabit California and Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Utah, Nevada, Arizona, British Columbia, Sonora and Lower California. San Francisco: California Academy of Sciences. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.12504.
- ^ "OregonFlora". oregonflora.org. Retrieved 2024-12-06.
- C.Michael Hogan ed. 2010. Carex obnupta. Encyclopedia of Life
- Jepson Manual Treatment
