| 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 |
| Binomial name | |
| Carex tumulicola Mack. | |
Carex tumulicola, the splitawn sedge foothill sedge, or previously Berkeley sedge, is a sedge member of the family Cyperaceae.
Description
Carex tumulicola is found in western North America, from British Columbia to California,. It has a height and width of 2 feet (61 cm), and is slowly spreading. 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.
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 reclarified-assigned by botanists. For example, one considered the species to be closely related to Carex hookeriana, and others to Carex pansa.
References
- ^ "Carex tumulicola Mack". PLANTS Profile. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved September 9, 2010.
- ^ "California Native Plants for the Garden;" Bornstein, Fross, & O'Brien; Cachuma Press; 2005; pp. 74-75
- ^ 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
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- 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
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