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Carex cusickii
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Cusick's Sedge
( Carex cusickii )
Carex cusickii
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About Cusick's Sedge (Carex cusickii)
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Carex cusickii
is a species of sedge known by the common name Cusick's sedge. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to California to Utah, where it can be found in several types of wet habitat, such as marshes, mountain meadows, and ditches. In its range it is most common in the Cascade Range and areas west. This sedge produces clumps of stems up to 1.3 meters tall. It is sometimes dioecious, with male and female flowers occurring on different individuals. The long leaves have sheaths dotted with red and edged at the top with copper. The flower cluster is often separated into distinct bunches of spikelets.
Plant Description
Plant Type
Grasses
Size
4.3 ft tall
Flower Color
Red
Wildlife Supported
Butterflies & moths hosted ( 8
likely
* )
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Umber Skipper
Poanes melane
Poanes melane
*
Common Ringlet
Coenonympha tullia
Coenonympha tullia
*
Dun Skipper
Euphyes vestris
Euphyes vestris
*
American Ear Moth
Amphipoea americana
Amphipoea americana
*
Mountain Beauty Moth
Syngrapha ignea
Syngrapha ignea
*
Olive Green Cutworm Moth
Dargida procinctus
Dargida procinctus
*
Elachista cucullata
Elachista cucullata
Landscaping Information
Sun
Part Shade
Natural Setting
Site Type
Wet places
Climate
Annual Precipitation: 12.0" - 79.1", Summer Precipitation: 0.20" - 2.60", Coldest Month: 28.8" - 52.8", Hottest Month: 55.3" - 77.4", Humidity: 0.04" - 22.28", Elevation: 9" - 6853"
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Cusick's Sedge
Carex cusickii
Sources include:
Wikipedia
. All text shown in the "About" section of these pages is available under the
Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License
. Plant observation data provided by the participants of the
California Consortia of Herbaria
, Sunset information provided by
Jepson Flora Project
. Propogation from seed information provided by the
Santa Barbara Botanical Garden
from "Seed Propagation of Native California Plants" by Dara E. Emery. Sources of plant photos include
CalPhotos
,
Wikimedia Commons
, and independent plant photographers who have agreed to share their images with Calscape. Other general sources of information include
Calflora
,
CNPS Manual of Vegetation Online
,
Jepson Flora Project
,
Las Pilitas
,
Theodore Payne
,
Tree of Life
,
The Xerces Society
, and information provided by CNPS volunteer editors, with special thanks to Don Rideout. Climate data used in creation of plant range maps is from
PRISM Climate Group, Oregon State University
, using 30 year (1981-2010) annual "normals" at an 800 meter spatial resolution.
Links:
Jepson eFlora Taxon Page
CalPhotos
Wikipedia
Calflora
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