Carex atrosquama
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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 |
| Section: | Carex sect. Racemosae |
| Species: | C. atrosquama
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| Binomial name | |
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Carex atrosquama, the lesser blackscale sedge, is a species of sedge described by Kenneth Kent Mackenzie in 1912.[1][2] It is native to the northwestern United States and western Canada, from Alaska south to Utah and Colorado.[3] It grows in alpine and subalpine meadows, or along rivers and streams in gravelly areas.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Carex atrosquama". The Plant List. 2010. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
- ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Carex atrosquama". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
- ^ a b 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.
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