Carex athrostachya
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Carex athrostachya is a species of sedge
known by the common name slenderbeak sedge. It is native to western North America, including Alaska
to central Canada, the western contiguous United States, and just into Baja California
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s and meadows. It produces dense clumps of stems up to 80 centimeters tall. The inflorescence
is a dense green to brown cluster one or two centimeters long.
Carex
Carex is a genus of plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges. Other members of the Cyperaceae family are also called sedges, however those of genus Carex may be called "true" sedges, and it is the most species-rich genus in the family. The study of Carex is known as...
known by the common name slenderbeak sedge. It is native to western North America, including Alaska
Alaska
Alaska is the largest state in the United States by area. It is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait...
to central Canada, the western contiguous United States, and just into Baja California
Baja California
Baja California officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Baja California is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is both the northernmost and westernmost state of Mexico. Before becoming a state in 1953, the area was known as the North...
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Description
Carex athrostachya grows in wet and seasonally wet areas, such as wetlandWetland
A wetland is an area of land whose soil is saturated with water either permanently or seasonally. Wetlands are categorised by their characteristic vegetation, which is adapted to these unique soil conditions....
s and meadows. It produces dense clumps of stems up to 80 centimeters tall. The inflorescence
Inflorescence
An inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a stem that is composed of a main branch or a complicated arrangement of branches. Strictly, it is the part of the shoot of seed plants where flowers are formed and which is accordingly modified...
is a dense green to brown cluster one or two centimeters long.