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Carex spectabilis - Showy sedge

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Los Angeles Theodore Payne Foundation • 9/30/2015  PROFILE 
Sun Valley 91352
Outside California:
Fourth Corner Nurseries  PROFILE 
Bellingham, WA 98226
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Carex spectabilis Lifeform:
Perennial grass 		Family:
Cyperaceae
Wetland:
likely (FACW)
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What plants grow with Carex spectabilis ?
Horticulture
San Luis Obispo Las Pilitas Native Nursery  PROFILE 
Santa Margarita 93453
Native Plant Network  PROFILE 
Moscow, ID propagation protocols

Plant Communities:
Red Fir Forest
Lodgepole Forest
Subalpine Forest
Alpine Fell-fields
wetland-riparian

Synonyms:
Carex invisa
Carex nigella
Carex tolmiei

Distribution

Counties:
Alpine
Butte
El Dorado
Fresno
Humboldt
Inyo
Madera
Mono
Modoc
Mariposa
Nevada
Placer
Plumas
Shasta
Sierra
Siskiyou
Trinity
Tulare
Tuolumne

Jepson Bioregions:
Klamath Ranges
High Cascade Range
High Sierra Nevada