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Carex vernacula

No current common name.

We currently do not grow this plant.

Occurs at 10,000' on east side of Sierra. Associated with Antennaria alpina (Keeler-Wolf) in poorly drained mountain bogs....Carex gymnoclada, Salix anglorum, Potentilla drummondii, Dodecatheon alpinum, Erigeron peregrinus ssp. callianthemus, and Arnica longifolia.(Barbour & Major)

Carex vernacula tolerates no drainage.

Carex vernacula's foliage color is silver and type is stressdeciduous.
Carex vernacula's flower color is na.

Communities for Carex vernacula:Alpine Fell-Fields, Lodgepole Forest and Mountain Meadow.

ph: 6.00 to 7.00
usda: 5 to 7
height[m]: 0.20 to 1.00
width[m]: 0.10 to 1.00
rainfall[cm]: 100.00 to 450.00

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