Carex multicaulis
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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 |
| Species: | C. multicaulis
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Carex multicaulis is a species of sedge known by the common name manystem sedge. It is native to California, western Nevada, and southern Oregon, where it grows in chaparral and open forest montane habitats.
Description
[edit]This reedlike sedge produces clumps of narrow stems up to 50 or 60 centimeters tall, with short, folded or rolled leaves. The inflorescence is a narrow cluster of spike-shaped staminate flowers above a cluster of more rounded pistillate flowers.
External links
[edit]- Jepson Manual Treatment — Carex multicaulis
- USDA Plants Profile: Carex multicaulis
- Flora of North America
- Carex multicaulis — U.C. Photo gallery
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Categories:
- Carex
- Flora of California
- Flora of Nevada
- Flora of Oregon
- Flora of the Sierra Nevada (United States)
- Natural history of the California Coast Ranges
- Natural history of the Peninsular Ranges
- Natural history of the Transverse Ranges
- San Bernardino Mountains
- San Gabriel Mountains
- Plants described in 1884
- Taxa named by Liberty Hyde Bailey
- Carex stubs