Carex breweri

Carex breweri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Carex
Section: C. sect. Inflatae
Species: C. breweri
Binomial name
Carex breweri
Boott

Carex breweri, known as Brewer's sedge,[1] 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.[2] It is classified in Carex sect. Inflatae,[3] alongside Carex engelmannii and Carex subnigricans.[4]

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