Carex xerophila

Carex xerophila
	At the Regional Parks Botanic Garden, labeled as gabbro sedge
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Cyperaceae
Genus:	Carex
Species:	C. xerophila
Binomial name
	Carex xerophila; Janeway & Zika

Last updated August 26, 2023

Carex xerophila, the chaparral sedge, is a species of flowering plant in the family Cyperaceae, native to central California.^[1]^[2] It is a specialist on gabbro and serpentine soils.^[3]

References

↑ "Carex xerophila Janeway & Zika". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 25 August 2023.
↑ "Carex xerophila Janeway & Zika Chaparral Sedge". Plant Database. Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. 30 October 2020. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
↑ Zika, Peter F.; Janeway, Lawrence P.; Wilson, Barbara L. (2014). "Carex xerophila (Cyperaceae), a New Sedge from the Chaparral of Northern California". Madroño. 61 (3): 299–307. doi:10.3120/0024-9637-61.3.299. S2CID 86635955.

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[POWO_60466005-2-1] "Carex xerophila Janeway & Zika". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 25 August 2023.

[CAXE2-2] "Carex xerophila Janeway & Zika Chaparral Sedge". Plant Database. Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. 30 October 2020. Retrieved 25 August 2023.

[3] Zika, Peter F.; Janeway, Lawrence P.; Wilson, Barbara L. (2014). "Carex xerophila (Cyperaceae), a New Sedge from the Chaparral of Northern California". Madroño. 61 (3): 299–307. doi:10.3120/0024-9637-61.3.299. S2CID 86635955.

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