Participant Info

Species

Carex siccata [Vignea siccata] [Carex foenea]

Family

Cyperaceae

CommonName

dryspike sedge, dry sedge

Presence

yes

Status

native

EarliestDate

1896

LatestDate

2023

Ecosystem

montane, subalpine, tundra, ruderal

Geobotanical

SSawatch, Garitas, SSanjuans, Culebras, NCristos

Counties

Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Hinsdale, Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache, Archuleta

Passes

Carnero, Cumbres, Elwood, La Manga, Wolf Creek

WildlifePreserves

Other Localities

PhotoRecords

Comments

NEED IN SITU PHOTOS. Dryspike sedge has been one of the most frequently recorded sedges from the Watershed. It occupies a variety of habitats in all mountain ranges of the Valley, from ditch banks and mixed conifer and aspen woods in the montane to dry and wet tundra meadows. The distribution of Carex spiccata in the lower USA is disjunct, with a Western range centering on Wyoming, Utah, Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico, and an Eastern range spread across the Great Lakes into New England. The species follows the Rio Grande drainage two thirds of the way down New Mexico but not into Texas.

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