Participant Info

Species

Carex elynoides [Carex filifolia var. miser]

Family

Cyperaceae

CommonName

blackroot sedge

Presence

yes

Status

native

EarliestDate

1924

LatestDate

2023

Ecosystem

montane, subalpine, tundra

Geobotanical

SSawatch, Garitas, SSanjuans, Culebras, NCristos

Counties

Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache, Archuleta, San Juan

Passes

Bonito, Grayback, Stony, Wolf Creek

WildlifePreserves

Other Localities

PhotoRecords

Comments

NEED IN SITU PHOTOS. In the Watershed, blackroot sedge has been collected often from all mountain ranges, east and west, almost always in subalpine or tundra meadows. Only a few vouchers come from lower elevation; for instance, a specimen found in volcanic substrate on Dry Gulch Road west of the town of Saguache (Saguache Co, 1999). Carex elynoides is spread over all USA lower states except for California, Oregon, and Washington. It follows the Rio Grande drainage through New Mexico but not into Texas.

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