| Carex tumulicola | |
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Scientific classification
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Cyperaceae |
| Genus: | Carex |
| Subgenus: | Carex subg. Vignea |
| Section: | Carex sect. Phaestoglochin |
| Species: | C. tumulicola
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| Binomial name | |
| Carex tumulicola | |
Carex tumulicola, the splitawn sedge [1] foothill sedge, [2] or previously Berkeley sedge, is a sedge member of the family Cyperaceae. [3]
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). [4]
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
- ^ a b "Carex tumulicola Mack". PLANTS Profile. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved September 9, 2010.
- ^ a b c d e "California Native Plants for the Garden;" Bornstein, Fross, & O'Brien; Cachuma Press; 2005; pp. 74-75
- ^ a b c Kenneth Kent Mackenzie (1907). "Notes on Carex-II". Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club. 34 (2): 151–155. doi: 10.2307/2479151. JSTOR 2479151.
- ^ "Carex tumulicola - FNA". floranorthamerica.org. Retrieved 2021-12-22.
External links
- Carex
- Flora of British Columbia
- Flora of California
- Flora of Oregon
- Flora of Washington (state)
- Flora of the Sierra Nevada (United States)
- Flora of the West Coast of the United States
- Plants described in 1907
- Taxa named by Kenneth Kent Mackenzie
- Garden plants of North America
- Drought-tolerant plants
- Groundcovers
- Carex stubs