Distribution: Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; Alaska to California, east to the Rocky Mountains, northern Great Plains, Great Lakes region, and northeastern North America.
Habitat: Meadows, peatlands, wet cliffs, shores, high montane snowmelt meadows, fellfields, dry ridges, and shores, sometimes where limy, lowland to alpine.
Flowers: June-August
Origin: Native
Growth Duration: Perennial
Conservation Status: Not of concern
Pollination: Wind
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Publication: Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 171. 1803.
Carex scirpina Tuck.
- ssp. pseudoscirpoidea – western single-spiked sedge Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California, east to Montana and Colorado.
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ssp. scirpoidea – northern single-spike sedge
Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; Alaska to Nevada, east to the Rocky Mountains, northern Great Plains, Great Lakes region, and northeastern North America. -
ssp. stenochlaena – Alaska singlespike sedge Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; Alaska to Washington, disjunct in Lane County, Oregon and alpine in Montana.
PNW Herbaria: Specimen records of Carex scirpoidea in the Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria database.
WA Flora Checklist: Carex scirpoidea checklist entry.
OregonFlora: Carex scirpoidea information.
E-Flora BC: Carex scirpoidea atlas page.
CalPhotos: Carex scirpoidea photos.
USDA Plants: Carex scirpoidea information.
