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Carex nigricans is a species of sedge known by the common name black alpine sedge.

Carex nigricans
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Cyperaceae
Genus:	Carex
Species:	C. nigricans
Binomial name
Carex nigricans C.A.Mey.

Distribution

This sedge is native to western North America from Alaska to the Sierra Nevada in California, to Colorado, where it grows in wet areas in mountain, taiga, and tundra habitat.

Description

Carex nigricans produces thick mats and loose clumps of stems up to 30 centimeters tall from a network of short rhizomes. The pistillate flowers have dark bracts and the fruit is covered in a dark colored, long beaked perigynium.

External links

• Jepson Manual Treatment - Carex nigricans
• USDA Plants Profile
• Flora of North America
• Carex nigricans - Photo gallery

На других языках

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- [en] Carex nigricans

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[es] Carex nigricans

Carex nigricans C.A.Mey. es una especie de planta herbácea de la familia de las ciperáceas.

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[ru] Осока чернеющая

Осо́ка черне́ющая (лат. Carex nigricans) — многолетнее травянистое растение, вид рода Осока (Carex) семейства Осоковые (Cyperaceae).

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