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Carex haydeniana

Species of grass-like plant From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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

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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.

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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.


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