| Carex leporinella | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Cyperaceae |
| Genus: | Carex |
| Subgenus: | Carex subg. Vignea |
| Section: | Carex sect. Ovales |
| Species: | C. leporinella |
| Binomial name | |
| Carex leporinella | |
Carex leporinella is a species of sedge known by the common name Sierra hare sedge.
This sedge is native to the western United States from California, such as the Sierra Nevada, to Wyoming, where it grows in moist mountain habitats, such as meadows.
Carex leporinella produces dense clumps of thin stems up to about 30 centimeters tall. There are a few leaves at each stem, each very narrow and generally folded or rolled.
The open inflorescence is a cluster of several golden to brown spikes, their flowers covered with reddish-brown, white-edged scales. The fruit is coated in a winged, curved, light-colored sac called a perigynium.
Carex limosa is a species of sedge known as bog-sedge, mud sedge, and shore sedge.
Carex haydeniana is a species of sedge known by the common name cloud sedge.
Carex illota is a species of sedge known by the common name sheep sedge. It is native to western North America, where it grows in wet places such as marshes and mountain meadows, from New Mexico and California north to Western Canada.
Carex mariposana is a species of sedge known by the common name Mariposa sedge.
Carex multicostata is a species of sedge known by the common name manyrib sedge.
Carex nebrascensis is a species of sedge known as Nebraska sedge.
Carex nervina is a species of sedge known by the common name Sierra sedge.
Carex nigricans is a species of sedge known by the common name black alpine sedge.
Carex raynoldsii is a species of sedge known by the common name Raynolds' sedge.
Carex spissa is a species of sedge known by the common name San Diego sedge. It is native to the southwestern United States in California, Arizona, and New Mexico, and far northern Mexico. It grows in wet places such as seeps and streambanks, sometimes on serpentine soils. This sedge looks somewhat like a cattail. It produces angled stems easily exceeding a meter in height surrounded by leathery green to reddish leaves up to about 1.2 meters long. The inflorescence is up to 80 centimeters long, with many long reddish brown flower spikes, each holding up to 300 developing fruits.
Carex straminiformis is a species of sedge known by the common name Shasta sedge.
Carex subnigricans is a species of sedge known by the common name nearlyblack sedge.
Carex utriculata is a species of sedge known as Northwest Territory sedge and common yellow lake sedge.
Carex pensylvanica is a species of flowering plant in the sedge family commonly called Pennsylvania sedge. Other common names include early sedge, common oak sedge, and yellow sedge.
Carex tiogana is a rare species of sedge known by the common name Tioga sedge.
Carex concinna is a species of sedge known by the common names low northern sedge, northern elegant sedge, beauty sedge, and beautiful sedge. It is native to northern North America, where it occurs across Canada and in high elevations in the northern contiguous United States.
Carex garberi is a species of sedge known by the common names elk sedge and Garber's sedge native to North America.
Carex sect. Ovales is a section of the genus Carex, containing around 85 species of sedge. It is the most diverse section of the genus in North America, containing 72 species:
Carex eburnea, known as ivory sedge, ebony sedge, and bristleleaf or bristle-leaved sedge, is a small and slender sedge native to North America, from Alaska and Newfoundland south to central Mexico.