Kingdom Plantae Family Cyperaceae Scientific name Carex multicaulis Rank Species | Order Poales Genus Carex Higher classification Sedges | |
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Similar Sedges, Carex jonesii, Carex abrupta, Carex nervina, Carex hassei | ||
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.
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.
References
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