Carex breweri

Carex breweri, known as Brewer's sedge,[1] is a species of sedge that grows on dry rocky or gravel slopes in the Sierra Nevada and Cascade Mountains of the western United States, as far north as Mount Hood.[2] It is classified in Carex sect. Inflatae,[3] alongside Carex engelmannii and Carex subnigricans.[4]

Carex breweri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Monocots
(unranked):
Commelinids
Order:
Poales
Family:
Cyperaceae
Genus:
Carex
Section:
C. sect. Inflatae
Species:
C. breweri
Binomial name
Carex breweri

References
  1. http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_IJM.pl?tid=17310
  2. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=242357087
  3. A. A. Reznicek (2001). "Sectional names in Carex (Cyperaceae) for the Flora of North America". Novon. 11 (1): 454–459. doi:10.2307/3393160. JSTOR 3393160.
  4. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=302706


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