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Carex hoodii
Hood's sedge is a small, clump-forming perennial grass-like sedge native to western North America, from Alaska to California and South Dakota. It grows well in cool, moist to dry conditions in open woods and on mountain slopes, and is easiest in a cool, well-drained spot with some moisture.
Carex hoodii is a species of sedge known by the common name Hood's sedge. It is native to western North America from Alaska to Nunavut to California to South Dakota, where it grows in dry to moist habitat in forests and on mountain slopes.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Carex hoodii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
