Species of grass-like plant

Carex garberi

Conservation status

Secure (NatureServe)

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Plantae
Clade:  | Tracheophytes
Clade:  | Angiosperms
Clade:  | Monocots
Clade:  | Commelinids
Order:  | Poales
Family:  | Cyperaceae
Genus:  | Carex
Species:  |

C. garberi

Binomial name
Carex garberi

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Carex garberi is a species of sedge known by the common names elk sedge and Garber's sedge native to North America.

## Distribution[edit]

It is native to northern North America, where it occurs throughout Canada and Alaska and at higher elevations as far south as the San Francisco Bay Area of California.[1][2]

## Description[edit]

This sedge produces loose clumps of stems estimated as up to 40[3] or even 70 centimeters tall.[1] The leaves may be shorter or much taller than the stems, but are only a few millimeters wide. There are inflorescences at the tips and along the sides of the stem; the lateral ones are pistillate, while the terminal ones usually have both male and female flowers. The scales covering the flowers are brown with a pale stripe through the midline.[1][3][4]

This sedge grows in many types of forests and meadows, usually in wet places such as swamps or pools. It is common around the Great Lakes.[1]

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b c d Walsh, Roberta A. 1994. Carex garberi. In: Fire Effects Information System, [Online]. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fire Sciences Laboratory.
2. ^ Carex garberi. Jepson Manual Treatment.
3. ^ a b Carex garberi. Flora of North America.
4. ^ Carex garberi. The Nature Conservancy.

## External links[edit]

* USDA Plants Profile
* CalPhotos Photo Gallery

Taxon identifiers|

* Wikidata: Q5039089
* Wikispecies: Carex garberi
* CoL: 5XBMT
* EoL: 1124398
* FEIS: cargar
* FNA: 242357202
* GBIF: 2727544
* iNaturalist: 159956
* IPNI: 292649-2
* IRMNG: 10202266
* ITIS: 39611
* MichiganFlora: 966
* NatureServe: 2.151616
* NCBI: 912431
* Open Tree of Life: 197905
* Plant List: kew-226834
* PLANTS: CAGA3
* POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:292649-2
* Tropicos: 9900027
* VASCAN: 4878
* WisFlora: 2937
* WFO: wfo-0000346929

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