Vascular Plants - Cyperaceae - Carex - Carex echinata:
Carex echinata ssp. echinata
Muricate sedge 
Blooms: May - August
Habit: herb
Duration: perennial
Origin: Native
Distribution: Circumboreal, south to North Carolina and, in the mountains, to California
Habitat: Swamps, bogs and other wet places, lowlands to moderate elevations in the mountains
Accepted Name:
Carex echinata Murray ssp. echinata
Synonyms:
Carex angustior Mack.
Carex muricata L.
Carex ormantha (Fern.) Mack.

Treated in Flora of the PNW as:
Carex muricata
Additional Resources:

PNW Herbaria Specimens: View list of Carex echinata ssp. echinata specimens in the Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria database.

WTU Herbarium Specimens: View list of Carex echinata ssp. echinata specimens in the WTU Herbarium database.

Washington Flora Checklist: Carex echinata ssp. echinata treatment.

E-Flora BC: Carex echinata ssp. echinata atlas page.

CalPhotos: Carex echinata ssp. echinata images.

USDA Plants Database: Carex echinata ssp. echinata.
Additional photographs of Carex echinata ssp. echinata:
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Clayton J. Antieau, 1991

Clayton J. Antieau, 1991

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