Carex atrosquama

Carex atrosquama
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Cyperaceae
Genus:	Carex
Section:	Carex sect. Racemosae
Species:	C. atrosquama
Binomial name
	Carex atrosquama; Mack.

Last updated January 11, 2026

Carex atrosquama, the lesser blackscale sedge, is a species of sedge described by Kenneth Kent Mackenzie in 1912.^[1]^[2] It is native to the northwestern United States and western Canada, from Alaska south to Utah and Colorado.^[3] It grows in alpine and subalpine meadows, or along rivers and streams in gravelly areas.^[3]

References

↑ "Carex atrosquama". The Plant List. 2010. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
↑ NRCS. "Carex atrosquama". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 4 August 2020.
1 2 Murray, David F. (2002). "Carex atrosquama". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). Vol. 23. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press. Retrieved 4 August 2020– via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.

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[tpl-1] "Carex atrosquama". The Plant List. 2010. Retrieved 6 December 2014.

[usda-2] NRCS. "Carex atrosquama". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 4 August 2020.

[fna-3] 1 2 Murray, David F. (2002). "Carex atrosquama". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). Vol. 23. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press. Retrieved 4 August 2020– via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.

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