Carex breweri Boott is a plant in the Cyperaceae family, order Poales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Carex breweri Boott

Carex breweri Boott

Brewer's sedge (Carex breweri) is a sedge species found on dry slopes in the western United States, placed in Carex sect. Inflatae.

Family
Genus
Carex
Order
Poales
Class
Liliopsida

About Carex breweri Boott

Carex breweri Boott, commonly called Brewer's sedge, is a species of sedge. It grows on dry rocky or gravel slopes in the Sierra Nevada and Cascade Mountains of the western United States, with its northern range reaching as far as Mount Hood. It is classified in the section Inflatae of the genus Carex, grouped together with Carex engelmannii and Carex subnigricans.

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Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Liliopsida Poales Cyperaceae Carex

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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