Carex atrosquama | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Clade: | Commelinids |
Order: | Poales |
Family: | Cyperaceae |
Genus: | Carex |
Section: | Carex sect. Racemosae |
Species: | C. atrosquama |
Binomial name | |
Carex atrosquama Mack. |
Carex atrosquama, the lesser blackscale sedge, is a species of sedge described by Kenneth Kent Mackenzie in 1912. It is native to the northwestern United States and western Canada, from Alaska south to Utah and Colorado. It grows in alpine and subalpine meadows, or along rivers and streams in gravelly areas.
References
- "Carex atrosquama". The Plant List. 2010. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
- NRCS. "Carex atrosquama". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 4 August 2020.
- ^ Murray, David F. (2002). "Carex atrosquama". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). Vol. 23. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press. Retrieved 4 August 2020 – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
Taxon identifiers | |
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Carex atrosquama |
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