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Carex microptera is a species of sedge known by the common name smallwing sedge. It is native to western North America, including most all of western Canada and the western United States. It occurs in moist mountain habitat such as meadows and riverbanks. This sedge produces dense clumps of erect stems over 20 centimeters tall and up to about a meter in height. The flower cluster is a dense cluster of green or brown spikes packed tightly and indistinct from each other.
Grass
8 - 24 in Tall
Upright
Slow
Green, Brown
Spring
Containers
Partial Shade
Prefers sandy or loamy soils. Does not grow well in clay soils.
Meadows
Lodgepole Forest, Red Fir Forest, Subalpine Forest, Wetland-Riparian
Butterflies and moths supported
0 confirmed and 8 likely
American Ear Moth
Amphipoea americana
Common Ringlet
Coenonympha tullia
Olive Green Cutworm Moth
Dargida procinctus
Dun Skipper
Euphyes vestris