Carex buxbaumii

Buxbaum's sedge

Family: Cyperaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Conservation status: CNPS 4.2

Buxbaum's sedge is a native perennial sedge found in the Klamath Ranges, Sierra Nevada, and Central Coast bioregions in peatlands and wet meadows at elevations up to 3,300 meters. Flowering time not specified in source data, this sedge has discrete spikelets with purple or brown flower bracts. Growing with rhizomatous roots and stems 25 to 100 centimeters tall, it forms dense clusters in moist habitats. Its leaves are narrow, with blades 1.5 to 4 millimeters wide, and lower leaf sheaths featuring distinctive fibrous textures. The fruit is small, approximately 1.4 to 2.1 millimeters long, with a papillate, gray-green perigynia that has a very short beak.

Habitat: Peatland, wet meadows

Elevation: < 3300 m

Bioregions: KR, SNH, CCo

California counties: Humboldt, Inyo, Marin, Sonoma, Mono, Tuolumne, Tulare, Plumas, Siskiyou, Glenn, Trinity, Tehama, Nevada

Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.