Data provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria

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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.

Plant type

Grass

Size

2 ft Tall

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Color

Brown

Special uses

Containers, Groundcover

Sun

Partial Shade

Site type

Moist places

Plant communities

Lodgepole Forest, Red Fir Forest, Subalpine Forest, Yellow Pine Forest, Wetland-Riparian

Caterpillars
Butterflies

Butterflies and moths supported

0 confirmed and 6 likely

Confirmed Likely

Common Ringlet

Coenonympha tullia

Olive Green Cutworm Moth

Dargida procinctus

Dun Skipper

Euphyes vestris

Lesser Wainscot

Mythimna oxygala