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Carex cusickii
Carex cusickii Mack. ex Piper & Beattie
Cusick's Sedge
Cyperaceae (Sedge family)
Synonym(s): Carex obovoidea
USDA Symbol: CACU5
USDA Native Status: L48 (N), CAN (N)
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Plant Characteristics
Duration: PerennialHabit: Grass/Grass-like
Fruit Type: Achene
Size Notes: Up to about 4 feet tall.
Bloom Information
Bloom Color: Green , BrownBloom Time: Jun , Jul , Aug , Sep
Bloom Notes: Perianth absent. Bloom color refers to spikelets. Bloom time refers to fruiting period.
Distribution
USA: CA , ID , MT , OR , UT , WA , WYCanada: BC
Native Habitat: Marshes, wet meadows, swales, sphagnum bogs and other wet places, especially shores (sometimes on floating mats or rotten logs).
National Wetland Indicator Status
Region: | AGCP | AK | AW | CB | EMP | GP | HI | MW | NCNE | WMVE |
Status: | OBL | OBL |
Web Reference
Webref 30 - Calflora (2018) CalfloraWebref 3 - Flora of North America (2014) Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
Webref 23 - Southwest Environmental Information Network (2009) SEINet - Arizona Chapter
Additional resources
USDA: Find Carex cusickii in USDA PlantsFNA: Find Carex cusickii in the Flora of North America (if available)
Google: Search Google for Carex cusickii
Metadata
Record Modified: 2020-10-30Research By: CBR