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Carex haydeniana

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Kingdom
  
Plantae

Family
  
Cyperaceae

Section
  
C. sect. Ovales

Higher classification
  
Sedges

Order
  
Poales

Genus
  
Carex

Scientific name
  
Carex haydeniana

Rank
  
Species

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Similar
  
Sedges, Carex illota, Carex phaeocephala, Carex raynoldsii, Carex albonigra

Carex haydeniana is a species of sedge known by the common name cloud sedge.

It is native to western North America from British Columbia and Alberta south to California and New Mexico. It grows in moist, rocky areas in subalpine and alpine climates.

Description

Carex haydeniana produces clumps of drooping to decumbent stems up to 30 or 40 centimeters long, often much shorter. There are a few flat leaves per stem, each up to about 16 centimeters long.

The inflorescence is a dense dark brown spherical cluster of indistinct spikelets.

References

Carex haydeniana Wikipedia