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Cyperaceae

Valley sedge

Carex vallicola Dewey

Family
Cyperaceae
Genus
Carex

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Valley sedge: Valley sedge abundant in the mountain big sagebrush steppe (that includes abundant threetip sagebrush, Artemisia tripartita) especially along the flats adjacent
Photo: Matt Lavin, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (4)
Arabic
سعادي ودياني
arz
سعادى وديانى
English
Valley sedge
Persian
کارکس والیکولا

Synonyms

  • Carex brevisquama Mack.
  • Carex phaeolepis Holm
  • Carex rusbyi Mack.
  • Carex vagans Holm
  • Carex vallicola var. hidalgensis F.J.Herm.
  • Carex vallicola var. rusbyi (Mack.) F.J.Herm.
  • Carex vallicola var. vallicola

Characteristics

Growth habit
Graminoid
Lifespan
Perennial
In the US and Canada
Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.