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Carex illota

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

Carex illota
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Carex illota is a species of sedge known by the common name sheep sedge.[1] It is native to western North America, where it grows in wet places such as marshes and mountain meadows, from New Mexico and California north to Western Canada.[2]

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Description

This sedge produces dense clumps of stems up to about 38 centimeters in maximum height. There are a few leaves for each stem, growing up to 18 centimeters long. The nodding inflorescence is a dense dark brown cluster of spikes about a centimeter long.

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