Carex nebrascensis

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Cladus: Commelinids
Ordo: Poales

Familia: Cyperaceae
Subfamilia: Cyperoideae
Tribus: Cariceae
Genus: Carex
Species: Carex nebrascensis
Name

Carex nebrascensis Dewey
Synonyms

Homotypic
Carex jamesii var. nebrascensis (Dewey) L.H.Bailey, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 22: 84 (1886).
Heterotypic
Carex jamesii Torr., Ann. Lyceum Nat. Hist. New York 3: 398 (1836), nom. illeg.
Carex nebrascensis var. praevia L.H.Bailey, Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 1: 49 (1889).
Carex nebrascensis var. ultriformis L.H.Bailey, Bot. Gaz. 21: 8 (1896).
Carex jamesii var. ultriformis (L.H.Bailey) Kük. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 20(38): 318 (1909).
Carex nebrascensis var. eruciformis Suksd., Werdenda 1: 5 (1923).

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America
Alberta, Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Illinois, Kansas, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, Saskatchewan, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, Wyoming

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References
Primary references

Dewey, C. 1854. American Journal of Science, and Arts ser. 2, 18: 102.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Carex nebrascensis in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Jan 28. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Carex nebrascensis. Published online. Accessed: Jan 28 2020.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Carex nebrascensis in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Jan 28. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2020. Carex nebrascensis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 28 Jan 2020.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Aug 2006 Carex nebrascensis in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service.

Carex nebrascensis is a species of sedge known as Nebraska sedge.

Distribution

This sedge is native to the central and Western United States and north into central Canada. It grows in wetlands[2] at various elevations, including the Sierra Nevada and Mojave Desert sky islands. Carex nebrascensis tolerates alkaline soils and submersion for long periods of time.
Description

Carex nebrascensis produces upright, angled, spongy stems up to about 90 centimeters tall. The waxy, bluish leaves form tufts around the base of each stem. The root system is a very dense network of rhizomes. The inflorescence includes a few narrow staminate spikes above some wider pistillate spikes on short peduncles. The fruit is covered in a tough, slightly inflated sac called a perigynium which sometimes has a pattern of red spotting.
Uses

Uses for this sedge, Carex nebrascensis, include:

Forage for livestock and wildlife
Ornamental grass ("grasslike") plant in natural, native plant, and habitat gardens
Erosion control and soil compaction remediation.
Restoration ecology
Riparian zone restoration
Stream restoration
Wetland restoration
Phytoremediation in natural and constructed wetlands for wastewater treatment by bioremediation.[3]

References

"Carex nebrascensis". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanical Gardens Kew. Retrieved 2018-11-20.
"Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center - The University of Texas at Austin". www.wildflower.org. Retrieved 2021-12-22.
Wetland Plant Fact Sheet Archived March 21, 2009, at the Wayback Machine