Carex microptera

Carex microptera
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Angiosperms
Class: Monocots
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Carex
Section: C. sect. Ovales
Species: C. microptera
Binomial name
Carex microptera
Mack.
Synonyms

Carex festivella
Carex limnophila

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 inflorescence is a dense cluster of green or brown spikes packed tightly and indistinct from each other.

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