Carried by 0 nurseries
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Carex nervina is a species of sedge known by the common name Sierra sedge. It is native to California and adjacent parts of Oregon and Nevada, where it grows mainly in mountain meadows. It forms thick clumps of spongy, winged stems up to about 70 centimeters tall. The flower cluster is a dense cluster of a few compact spikes up to 3 centimeters long. The fruit is coated in a shiny green or brown toothed perigynium.
Grass
2 ft Tall
Brown
Containers, Groundcover
Partial Shade
Moist places
Lodgepole Forest, Red Fir Forest, Subalpine Forest, Yellow Pine Forest, Wetland-Riparian
Butterflies and moths supported
0 confirmed and 6 likely
Common Ringlet
Coenonympha tullia
Olive Green Cutworm Moth
Dargida procinctus
Dun Skipper
Euphyes vestris
Lesser Wainscot
Mythimna oxygala