Carex tumulicola

Carex tumulicola, the splitawn sedge[1] foothill sedge,[2] or previously Berkeley sedge, is a sedge member of the family Cyperaceae.[3]

Carex tumulicola
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Monocots
Order:
Poales
Family:
Cyperaceae
Genus:
Carex
Subgenus:
C. subg. Vignea
Section:
C. sect. Phaestoglochin
Species:
C. tumulicola
Binomial name
Carex tumulicola

Description

Carex tumulicola is found in western North America, from British Columbia to California,.[1] It has a height and width of 2 feet (61 cm), and is slowly spreading.[2][3] It is found in meadows and open woodlands, below 1,200 metres (3,900 ft).

Cultivation

Carex tumulicola is cultivated in the horticulture trade and widely available as a (grass-like) ornamental grass for: traditional and natural landscape drought-tolerant water-conserving lawns and small 'garden-meadows,' native plant and habitat gardens; and various types of municipal, commercial, and agency sustainable landscape and restoration projects.[2]

Similar species

Plants grown in the nursery trade are often mislabeled with botanical and common names of similar appearing Carex spp. - while the subtle distinctions are currently [2010] reclarified-assigned by botanists.[2] For example, one considered the species to be closely related to Carex hookeriana,[3] and others to Carex pansa.[2]

References
  1. "Carex tumulicola Mack". PLANTS Profile. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved September 9, 2010.
  2. "California Native Plants for the Garden;" Bornstein, Fross, & O'Brien; Cachuma Press; 2005; pp. 74-75
  3. Kenneth Kent Mackenzie (1907). "Notes on Carex-II". Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club. 34 (2): 151–155. doi:10.2307/2479151. JSTOR 2479151.


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