Carex tumulicola
| Carex tumulicola | |
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| 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 Mack. | |
Carex tumulicola, the splitawn sedge[1] foothill sedge,[2] or previously Berkeley sedge, is a sedge member of the Cyperaceae family.[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).
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 2 "Carex tumulicola Mack.". PLANTS Profile. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved September 9, 2010.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "California Native Plants for the Garden;" Bornstein, Fross, & O'Brien; Cachuma Press; 2005; pp. 74-75
- 1 2 3 Kenneth Kent Mackenzie (1907). "Notes on Carex-II". Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club. 34 (2): 151–155. JSTOR 2479151.