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Carex rossii is a species of sedge known by the common name Ross' sedge. It is native to much of western and central North America, from Alaska and northwestern Canada to the American southwest to the Great Lakes region. It grows in many habitat types, including wet and dry areas in forest, sagebrush, prairie, and alpine meadows. This sedge produces a dense clump or solid mat of slender stems up to about 40 centimeters tall from a shallow network of rhizomes. The pale to dark green leaves are usually longer than the stems. The flower cluster contains one or more staminate flower spikes above more rounded pistillate spikes. The fruit is three-sided and covered in a greenish or brownish perigynium.
Grass
1 ft Tall
Upright
Moderate
Green
Spring
Containers
Full Sun, Partial Shade
Prefers sandy or loamy soils. Does not grow well in clay soils.
Dry places, meadows
Alpine Fell-Fields, Coastal Prairie, Lodgepole Forest, Red Fir Forest, Subalpine Forest, Yellow Pine Forest
Butterflies and moths supported
0 confirmed and 7 likely
Common Ringlet
Coenonympha tullia
Olive Green Cutworm Moth
Dargida procinctus
Dun Skipper
Euphyes vestris
American Crescent Borer
Helotropha reniformis