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Carex haydeniana

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Carex haydeniana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Carex
Subgenus: Carex subg. Vignea
Section: Carex sect. Ovales
Species:
C. haydeniana
Binomial name
Carex haydeniana
Synonyms

Carex nubicola

Carex haydeniana is a species of sedge known by the common name cloud sedge.

It is native to western North America from British Columbia and Alberta south to California and New Mexico. It grows in moist, rocky areas in subalpine and alpine climates.

Description

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Carex haydeniana produces clumps of drooping to decumbent stems up to 30 or 40 centimeters long, often much shorter. There are a few flat leaves per stem, each up to about 16 centimeters long.

The inflorescence is a dense dark brown spherical cluster of indistinct spikelets.

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