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Inland sedge

Family: Cyperaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Inland sedge is a California native perennial found in the Klamath Ranges and high Cascade Range in wet meadows and calcareous shores at elevations of 1,100 to 2,100 meters. This sedge grows in dense tufts, producing narrow spikes with green to gold spikelets. Growing with fine stems 15 to 40 centimeters tall, it forms compact clumps with slender leaf blades 0.6 to 2.7 millimeters wide. Its leaves are narrow and delicate, with pale margins and golden-tipped flower bracts that create a subtle, intricate texture. The fruit is small, approximately 1.2 to 1.8 millimeters long, with a distinctive green to brown perigynia that has a slightly reddish-tipped beak.

Habitat: Wet meadows, shores, often calcareous, not sphagnum bogs

Elevation: 1100-2100 m

Bioregions: KR, CaRH

California counties: Plumas, Siskiyou, Tehama, Lassen, Trinity, Humboldt, Alpine

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