Carex klamathensis

Klamath sedge, Klamath Sedge

Family: Cyperaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Conservation status: CNPS 1B.2

Klamath sedge is a rare (CNPS 1B.2) California native perennial found in the Klamath Ranges and northern Coast Ranges at elevations of 900 to 1,600 meters in moist to wet serpentine soils. Flowering time not specified in source data, this sedge has distinctive pale, glaucous foliage with leaves 2 to 6 millimeters wide, flat or folded. Growing in dense clumps with long rhizomes, it forms compact clusters of greenish-tan vegetation. Its leaves are strongly glaucous with papillate undersides, and the pistillate flower bracts range from dark to red-brown or golden. The fruit is small, obovoid, and green-glaucous with strong veins and a barely noticeable bent beak.

Habitat: Moist to wet serpentine soils

Elevation: 900-1600 m

Bioregions: KR, NCoRI

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