Carex multicaulis

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Carex multicaulis
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Carex
Species:
C. multicaulis
Binomial name
Carex multicaulis

Carex multicaulis is a species of sedge known by the common name manystem sedge. It is native to California, western Nevada, and southern Oregon, where it grows in chaparral and open forest montane habitats. It can be found in the Sierra Nevada mountains [1] and Cascade mountains. [2]

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Description

This reedlike sedge produces clumps of narrow stems up to 50 or 60 centimeters tall, with short, folded or rolled leaves. The inflorescence is a narrow cluster of spike-shaped staminate flowers above a cluster of more rounded pistillate flowers. C. multicaulis prefers dry soils, [1] [2] good drainage and shade. [3]

References

  1. 1 2 Abrams, Le Roy; Ferris, Roxana Stinchfield (1923). Illustrated Flora of the Pacific States: —Vol. I: Ferns to Birthworts. Stanford University Press. p. 316. ISBN   978-0-8047-0003-0 . Retrieved 22 June 2025.{{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)
  2. 1 2 Field Guide to Intermountain Sedges. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 1998. p. 167. Retrieved 22 June 2025.
  3. ↑ Harlow, Nora; Jakob, Kristin (2003). Wild Lilies, Irises, and Grasses: Gardening with California Monocots. University of California Press. p. 182. ISBN   978-0-520-23849-7 . Retrieved 22 June 2025.


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