Carex scoparia var. scoparia

Pointed broomsedge

Family: Cyperaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Conservation status: CNPS 2B.2

Pointed broomsedge is a native perennial sedge found in northern Sierra Nevada Mountains in Plumas County, typically in wet, open places like lakeshores at elevations around 1,200 meters. Flowering from late spring to summer, this sedge produces small, subtle spikelets with gold or brown flower bracts that have green or gold centers. Growing with flexible stems that can be erect or nodding, it forms delicate clumps with thin leaf blades typically 1.5 to 3 millimeters wide. Its leaves have white-membranous sheaths and small ligules measuring 2.3 to 4.8 millimeters long, giving the plant a distinctive fine-textured appearance. The fruit is small, measuring 1.3 to 1.7 millimeters long, with pale to gold-brown perigynia that are lanceolate and thin.

Habitat: Wet, open places, lakeshores

Elevation: +- 1200 m.

Bioregions: n SNH (Plumas Co.)

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