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Carex breweri, known as Brewer's sedge, is a species of sedge that grows on dry rocky or gravel slopes in the Sierra Nevada and Cascade Mountains of the western United States, as far north as Mount Hood. It is classified in Carex sect. Inflatae, alongside Carex engelmannii and Carex subnigricans.

Plant type

Grass

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Color

Brown

Special uses

Containers

Caterpillars
Butterflies

Butterflies and moths supported

0 confirmed and 5 likely

Confirmed Likely

Common Ringlet

Coenonympha tullia

Dun Skipper

Euphyes vestris

Lesser Wainscot

Mythimna oxygala

Umber Skipper

Poanes melane