Participant Info

Species

Carex simulata [Carex praegracilis var. simulata]

Family

Cyperaceae

CommonName

analogue sedge

Presence

yes

Status

native

EarliestDate

1896

LatestDate

2013

Ecosystem

basin, shrubland, foothill, montane, ruderal

Geobotanical

Garitas, SSanjuans, UBasin, LBasin

Counties

Alamosa, Conejos, Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache

Passes

WildlifePreserves

Other Localities

PhotoRecords

Comments

NEED IN SITU PHOTOS. Analogue sedge, one of the few species of Carex that grows in the Watershed basin, has been vouchered a number of times from locations such as a muddy ditch in shrubland north of the Great Sand Dunes (Saguache Co, 2013), in pinyon-juniper grassland west of Monte Vista (Rio Grande Co, 1987), in moist sandy volcanic soil southwest of Las Mesitas (Conejos Co, 1987), and on a pond's edge a little north of the town of Alamosa (Alamosa Co, 1973). Carex simulata often grows in standing water, and tolerates alkaline conditions. In the lower USA, the distribution of this dioecious sedge is scattered around all Western states. It follows the Rio Grande drainage only a couple of counties into New Mexico, no farther down stream.

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