Participant Info

Species

Carex nebrascensis [Carex jamesii var. nebrascensis]

Family

Cyperaceae

CommonName

Nebraska sedge

Presence

yes

Status

native

EarliestDate

1896

LatestDate

2013

Ecosystem

shrubland, foothill, montane, ruderal

Geobotanical

SSawatch, Garitas, Culebras, NCristos

Counties

Alamosa, Costilla, Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache

Passes

WildlifePreserves

Baca, Great Sand Dunes

Other Localities

PhotoRecords

Comments

NEED IN SITU PHOTOS. Nebraska sedge has been vouchered less than a dozen times, mostly from the foothills, shrublands, and montane stream sides of the eastern ranges. Carex nebrascensis tolerates alkaline substrate and seasonal flooding. It also adapts to grazed and over-grazed pastures. Its distribution in the lower USA is all Western states and upper western Great Plains. The species follows the Rio Grande drainage through the northern half of New Mexico, but does not enter Texas.

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