Rock sedge

Common names

Synonyms

• Carex ambusta Boott
• Carex compacta Dewey
• Carex ensifolia Turcz. ex Besser
• Carex fusca Schkuhr
• Carex incerta Steud.
• Carex jungenda Steud.
• Carex miliaris f. major (Olney) Kük.
• Carex miliaris var. major (Olney) L.H.Bailey
• Carex ochroleuca Cham. ex Steud.
• Carex physocarpa J.Presl & C.Presl
• Carex procerula V.I.Krecz.
• Carex pulla Gooden.
• Carex pulla f. debilis Porsild
• Carex pulla var. laxa Trautv.
• Carex pulla var. vesicarioides Kurtz
• Carex saxatilis subsp. laxa (Trautv.) Kalela
• Carex saxatilis subsp. saxatilis
• Carex saxatilis var. compacta Wimm. & Grab.
• Carex saxatilis var. distans Wimm. & Grab.
• Carex saxatilis var. glomerata Ewing
• Carex saxatilis var. inflata Hartm.
• Carex saxatilis var. laxa (Trautv.) Ohwi
• Carex saxatilis var. major Olney
• Carex saxatilis var. saxatilis
• Carex vesicaria f. laxa (Trautv.) Kük.
• Carex vesicaria subsp. pulla (Gooden.) Andersson
• Carex vesicaria subsp. saxatilis (L.) Kük.
• Carex vesicaria subsp. saxatilis (L.) C.Hartm.
• Carex vesicaria var. distenta Fr.
• Carex vesicaria var. jejuna Fernald
• Carex vesicaria var. laurentiana Fernald
• Carex vesicaria var. physocarpa (C.Presl) Kük.
• Vignea pulla (Gooden.) Rchb.
• Vignea saxatilis (L.) Rchb.

Flowers

Flower colour

brown (USDA PLANTS Database)

Characteristics

Growth habit

Graminoid

Lifespan

Perennial

In the US and Canada

Alaska: native, Canada: native, Greenland: native, Lower 48 states: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native

Photos

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