Carex nebrascensis
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Cyperaceae |
| Genus: | Carex |
| Subgenus: | Carex subg. Carex |
| Section: | Carex sect. Phacocystis |
| Species: | C. nebrascensis
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Carex nebrascensis is a species of sedge known as Nebraska sedge.
Distribution
[edit]This sedge is native to the central and Western United States and north into central Canada. It grows in wetlands[2] at various elevations, including the Sierra Nevada and Mojave Desert sky islands. Carex nebrascensis tolerates alkaline soils and submersion for long periods of time.
Description
[edit]Carex nebrascensis produces upright, angled, spongy stems up to about 90 centimeters tall. The waxy, bluish leaves form tufts around the base of each stem. The root system is a very dense network of rhizomes. The inflorescence includes a few narrow staminate spikes above some wider pistillate spikes on short peduncles. The fruit is covered in a tough, slightly inflated sac called a perigynium which sometimes has a pattern of red spotting.
Uses
[edit]Uses for this sedge, Carex nebrascensis, include:
- Forage for livestock and wildlife
- Ornamental grass ("grasslike") plant in natural, native plant, and habitat gardens
- Erosion control and soil compaction remediation.
- Restoration ecology
- Riparian zone restoration
- Stream restoration
- Wetland restoration
- Phytoremediation in natural and constructed wetlands for wastewater treatment by bioremediation.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Carex nebrascensis". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanical Gardens Kew. Retrieved 2018-11-20.
- ^ "Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center - The University of Texas at Austin". www.wildflower.org. Retrieved 2021-12-22.
- ^ Wetland Plant Fact Sheet Archived March 21, 2009, at the Wayback Machine